Restyling factual TV : audiences and news, documentary and reality genres / Annette Hill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hill, Annette.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television viewers.

Documentary television programs.

Reality television programs.

Television broadcasting of news.

Physical Description:

xii, 263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.

Summary:

News and current affairs, documentary and reality TV are part of a turbulent time in broadcasting as the boundaries between fact and fiction are pushed to the limits. Restyling Factual TV addresses the wide range of programmes that fall within the category of 'factuality', from politics, to natural history, to reality entertainment. It looks at ways viewers navigate their way through a busy, noisy and constantly changing factual television environment.

Focusing on contemporary trends in the world of television, primarily in Britain and Sweden (both countries with a public service tradition), but with reference to other countries such as the US, Annette Hill investigates complex issues such as genre evaluation, the truth claims of factual television, knowledge and learning, and fair treatment in factual programming. Audience research highlights how people engage with and reflect on various representations of reality and, by looking at factuality in this way, we can see how audiences are centre stage in the transformation of factual television.

Contents:

1 Restyling factuality 1

2 Mapping factual TV 30

3 Public and popular 58

4 Genre work 84

5 Truth claims 112

6 Knowledge and learning 145

7 Participation 172

8 Containing factuality 212.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-249) and index.

ISBN:

0415379555

0415379563

0203099737

9780415379557

9780415379564

9780203099735

OCLC:

76864127

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