UNDERSTANDING REALITY TELEVISION by Su Holmes (English) Paperback Book

Description: UNDERSTANDING REALITY TELEVISION by Su Holmes, Deborah Jermyn Tracing the history of reality TV from "Candid Camera" to "The Osbournes", "Understanding Reality Television" examines a range of programmes which claim a privileged relation to the "real", from reality-formatted game shows to "real crime" programming and make- over TV. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Popular Factual Programming has rapidly come to occupy a place at the forefront of contemporary television culture on an international scale. Tracing the history of reality TV from Candid Camera to The Osbournes, Understanding Reality Television examines a range of programmes which claim to depict real life, from reality formatted game shows to real crime programming and make-over TV. Contributors discuss the phenonenon of reality TV in the context of the debates it has introduced to our social, cultural and televisual agendas, such as the construction of celebrity, fandom, surveillance and the politics of representation. Daniel Biltereyst, Gray Cavender, Bradley D. Clissold, John Corner, Derek Foster, Jennifer Gillan, Craig Hight, Su Holmes, Deborah Jermyn, Misha Kavka, Gareth Palmer, Christopher C. Pullen, Rebecca St Author Biography Su Holmes is a Lecturer in Media with Cultural Studies at Southampton Institute. She has published widely on the early relations between British television and film culture in journals such as Screen, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television and Journal of Popular British Cinema. She is currently writing on a book on the early cinema programme on British television, and is working more widely on the subject of Reality TV.Deborah Jermyn is a Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at University of Surrey, Roehampton. She has published widely on crime and the media, and women and popular culture, including articles in Screen, Feminist Media Studies and The International Journal of Cultural Studies. She is also the co-editor of The Reader in Audience Studies (Routledge, 2002) and The Cinema of Kathryn Bigelow: Hollywood Transgressor(Wallflower Press, 2003) Table of Contents Introduction: understanding Reality TV 1 Candid Camera and the origins of Reality TV: contextualising a historical precedent 2 From Ozzie Nelson to Ozzy Osbourne: the genesis and development of the Reality (star) sitcom 3 This is about real people!: video technologies, actuality and affect in the television crime appeal 4 Reality Tv, troublesome pictures and panics: reappraising the public controversy around Reality TV in Europe 5 All youve got to worry about is the task, having a cup of tea, and doing a bit of sunbathing: approaching celebrity in Big Brother 6 Temporalities of the real: conceptualising time in Reality TV 7 In search of community on Reality TV: Americas Most Wanted and Survivor The New You: class and transformation in lifestyle television 9 Socially soothing stories? Gender, race and class in TLCs A Weddin9 Story and A Baby Story 10 The household, the basement and The Real World: gay identity in the constructed reality environment 11 It isnt always Shakespeare, but its genuine: cinemas commentary on documentary hybrids 12 Big Brother: reconfiguring the active audience of cultural studies? 13 Jump in the pool: the competitive culture of Survivor fan networks 14 Afterword: framing the new, Index Details ISBN0415317959 Language English ISBN-10 0415317959 ISBN-13 9780415317955 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 791.456 Illustrations Yes Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Deborah Jermyn Birth 1970 Author Deborah Jermyn Edition 1st Pages 320 Short Title PUBLIC RELATIONS HANDBK DOI 10.1604/9780415317955 UK Release Date 2003-12-11 AU Release Date 2003-12-11 NZ Release Date 2003-12-11 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Year 2003 Publication Date 2003-12-11 Alternative 9780415317948 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:134416440;

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