Reality TV
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Author Description
This Book Explores Reality Tv In All Its Forms - From Competitive Talent Shows To Reality Soaps - Examining A Range Of Programmes From The Mundane To Those That Revel In The Spectacle Of Excess. Annette Hill's Research Draws On Interviews With Television Producers On The Market Of Reality Tv And Audience Research With Over Fifteen Thousand Participants During A Fifteen Year Period. Key Themes In The Book Include The Phenomenon Of Reality Tv As A New Kind Of Inter-generic Space; The Rise Of Reality Entertainment Formats And Producer Intervention; Audiences, Fans And Anti-fans; The Spectacle Of Reality And Sports Entertainment; And The Ways Real People And Celebrities Perform Themselves In Cross-media Content. Reality Tv Explores How This Form Of Popular Entertainment Invites Audiences To Riff On Reality, To Debate And Reject Reality Claims, Making It Ideal For Students Of Media And Cultural Studies Seeking A Broader Understanding Of How Media Connects With Trends In Society And Culture.
Menrva's Summary
THE THESIS
This book investigates the cultural and industrial mechanisms that define reality television as a distinct, evolving genre of popular entertainment. Annette Hill, a professor of media and communication, utilizes a massive dataset derived from fifteen years of audience research involving over fifteen thousand participants. By synthesizing these findings with professional insights from television producers, the author constructs a framework for understanding how reality formats manipulate the boundary between authentic experience and staged performance.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- Analysis of reality television formats ranging from competitive talent shows to reality soaps.
- Examination of producer intervention and the construction of reality entertainment.
- Qualitative data from fifteen years of audience research and fan studies.
- Exploration of the performance of self by both ordinary people and celebrities in cross-media environments.
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Experts recognize this work as a foundational text for students of media and cultural studies due to its extensive empirical research. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose, which provides a rigorous look at how reality television reflects broader societal trends.
Page Count:
184
Publication Date:
2014-01-01
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis Group
ISBN-10:
0415691753
ISBN-13:
9780203082195
Non-Fiction
Sociology
Media Studies
Television
