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Autore: | Biressi Anita <1965-> |
Titolo: | Reality TV [[electronic resource] ] : realism and revelation / / Anita Biressi, Heather Nunn |
Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : Wallflower, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
Disciplina: | 791.45655 |
Soggetto topico: | Reality television programs |
Reality television programs - Social aspects | |
Realism on television | |
Altri autori: | NunnHeather |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-178) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Reality TV |
ISBN: | 0-231-85026-3 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910787694403321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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