Restyling Factual TV

Informationen zum Autor Annette Hill is Professor of Media and Research Director of the School of Media, Arts and Design, University of Westminster. Her previous publications include Reality TV: Audiences and Popular Factual Television (2005), the Television Studies Reader (with Robert C. Allen, 2003), TV Living: Television, Audiences and Everyday Life (with David Gauntlett, 1999) and Shocking Entertainment: Viewing Responses to Violent Movies (1997). Klappentext Addressing the wide range of programmes and formats, from news, to documentary, to popular factual genres, Annette Hill s new book examines the ways viewers navigate their way through a busy, noisy, and constantly changing factual television environment. Zusammenfassung Addressing the wide range of programmes and formats, from news, to documentary, to popular factual genres, Annette Hillâ™s new book examines the ways viewers navigate their way through a busy, noisy, and constantly changing factual television environment. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. What is Factual Television? 2. Historical Contexts 3. News and Current Affairs 4. Documentary 5. Reality TV 6. Truth Claims 7. Learning 8. Ethics 9. Conclusion

Auteur

Annette Hill is Professor of Media and Research Director of the School of Media, Arts and Design, University of Westminster. Her previous publications include Reality TV: Audiences and Popular Factual Television (2005), the Television Studies Reader (with Robert C. Allen, 2003), TV Living: Television, Audiences and Everyday Life (with David Gauntlett, 1999) and Shocking Entertainment: Viewing Responses to Violent Movies (1997).

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Addressing the wide range of programmes and formats, from news, to documentary, to popular factual genres, Annette Hill s new book examines the ways viewers navigate their way through a busy, noisy, and constantly changing factual television environment.

Contenu

1. What is Factual Television? 2. Historical Contexts 3. News and Current Affairs 4. Documentary 5. Reality TV 6. Truth Claims 7. Learning 8. Ethics 9. Conclusion