| Description |
vii, 198 pages ; 22 cm. |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
TV genres |
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TV genres.
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| Contents |
Introduction: what is reality TV? -- Before reality TV: from Candid Camera to Family docs -- First-generation reality TV (1989-99): the camcorder era -- Second-generation reality TV (1999-2000): Surveillance and competition in Big Brother and Survivor -- The second generation comes of age (2001-5): challenge and transformation -- Third-generation reality TV (2002- ): economies of celebrity -- Legacies: the new MTV generation. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-194) and index. |
| Summary |
Is reality TV a coherent genre? This book addresses this question by examining the characteristics, contexts and breadth of reality TV through a history of its programming trends. Paying attention to stylistic connections as well as key concepts, this study breaks reality television down into three main 'generations': the camcorder generation, the competition generation and the celebrity generation. Beginning with a consideration of the applicability of the term 'genre' for this televisual hybrid, the book takes a transnational approach to investigating the forms and formats of reality TV framed by relevant popular and critical discourses. |
| Subject |
Reality television programs -- History and criticism.
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Reality television programs. (OCoLC)fst01091252
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| ISBN |
9780748637225 (hbk.) |
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0748637222 (hbk.) |
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9780748637232 (pbk.) |
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0748637230 (pbk.) |
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