Reality TV

Drawing on quantitative and qualitative audience research to understand how viewers categorize the reality genre. From Animal Hospital to Big Brother, this book examines the voices of people who watch reality programmes.

Zusatztext 'She gives audiences a more learned and critical role in this endeavor than do most current researchers. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-/upper-division undergraduates; graduate students; general readers.' -- R. Cathcart! emeritus! CUNY Queens College! ChoiceReview'This is an important book. It addresses a matter of current concern to all those who study media! and introduces vital new evidence: substantial structured interviews with a wide range of TV viewers.' - John Ellis! Royal Holloway! University of London'This book is written with clarity and style. Its uses of audience data both develop the argument about the reception of popular television! and open up new issues for discussion.' - John Corner! University of Liverpool'This is a timely and important volume that will make a significant contribution to debates concerning factual and documentary television.' - Jane Roscoe! Australian Film! Television and Radio School Informationen zum Autor Annette Hill is a Reader in Communication at the University of Westminster. She is the author of (John Libbey, 1997) co-author of (Routledge, 1999) and co-editor of (Routledge, 2003) Klappentext What is the purpose of reality television? Does it provide information and education to the audience, or are the program makers simply exploiting real people's lives for the purposes of entertainment? Can we rely on documentaries to follow the ethics of programme making in terms of truth and accuracy?"Real TV" offers a wide-ranging, international, contemporary investigation into the field of factual entertainment, combining historical, theoretical, economic, aesthetic and empirical approaches. The book also provides a sustained investigation into ethical issues and public interest in order to show that such concepts are integral to an understanding of the development of factual entertainment.The current growth rate for "real" TV in factual and fictional television programs, film and websites on both sides of the Atlantic, has given rise to international debate about the function and influence of factual entertainment on audiences and mass media. "Real TV "presents a timely reflection on the development of factual entertainment and audience attraction to increasingly problematic hybrid forms of factual TV. Zusammenfassung Drawing on quantitative and qualitative audience research to understand how viewers categorize the reality genre. From Animal Hospital to Big Brother, this book examines the voices of people who watch reality programmes. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Reality TV 2. The Rise of Reality TV 3. The Reality Genre 4. Performance and Authenticity 5. The Idea of Learning 6. Ethics of Care 7. Pet Deaths 8. Conclusion: Critical Viewers ...

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Annette Hill is a Reader in Communication at the University of Westminster. She is the author of (John Libbey, 1997) co-author of (Routledge, 1999) and co-editor of (Routledge, 2003)

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What is the purpose of reality television? Does it provide information and education to the audience, or are the program makers simply exploiting real people's lives for the purposes of entertainment? Can we rely on documentaries to follow the ethics of programme making in terms of truth and accuracy?
"Real TV" offers a wide-ranging, international, contemporary investigation into the field of factual entertainment, combining historical, theoretical, economic, aesthetic and empirical approaches. The book also provides a sustained investigation into ethical issues and public interest in order to show that such concepts are integral to an understanding of the development of factual entertainment.
The current growth rate for "real" TV in factual and fictional television programs, film and websites on both sides of the Atlantic, has given rise to international debate about the function and influence of factual entertainment on audiences and mass media. "Real TV "presents a timely reflection on the development of factual entertainment and audience attraction to increasingly problematic hybrid forms of factual TV.

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1. Introduction: Reality TV 2. The Rise of Reality TV 3. The Reality Genre 4. Performance and Authenticity 5. The Idea of Learning 6. Ethics of Care 7. Pet Deaths 8. Conclusion: Critical Viewers