Reality TV : realism and revelation / Anita Biressi, Heather Nunn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Biressi, Anita, 1965-

Contributor:

Nunn, Heather.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reality television programs.

Reality television programs--Social aspects.

Realism on television.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Wallflower, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book analyses new and hybrid genres of television including observational documentaries, talk shows, game shows, docu-soaps, dramatic reconstructions, law and order programming and 24/7 formats such as Big Brother and Survivor.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Reality debates

2. Real lives, documentary approaches

3. Just being themsleves: from docudrama to new observational documentary

4. Personalising the documentary: from video diary to Errol Morris

5. Therapeutic culture: narcissism and self-revelation

6. Trauma as popular cultural script: from talk show to lifestyle programming

7. Video justice: reality crime television

8. Man in a glass box

Conclusion. 'Reach for the stars': celebrity, social mobility and the future of reality TV

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-178) and index.

ISBN:

9780231850261

0231850263

OCLC:

854968506