Shooting people : adventures in reality TV / Sam Brenton and Reuben Cohen.
"Examines the emergence of the reality show, its relation to documentary and its place within a globalised TV industry."--Cover.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
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2003.
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | "Examines the emergence of the reality show, its relation to documentary and its place within a globalised TV industry."--Cover. "The reality game shows Big Brother and Survivor became TV events that whipped up storms of controversy and changed the face of prime-time schedules." "Shooting People examines the emergence of the form, its relation to documentary and its place within a globalised TV industry. Sam Brenton and Reuben Cohen draw parallels between methods employed to control contestants and techniques of interrogation honed by military intelligence, exposing the dubious involvement of psychologists and psychotherapists in the reality TV business. This 'ultimate form of light entertainment' is also shown to be the perfect medium for an apolitical time that has displaced grand narratives with an obsessive focus on personality and trivia."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | 184 pages ; 20 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1859845401 9781859845400 |