Reality TV / Misha Kavka.
Is reality TV a coherent genre? This book addresses this question by examining the characteristics, contexts and breadth of reality TV through a history of its programming trends. Paying attention to stylistic connections as well as key concepts, this study breaks reality television down into three...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2012]
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| Series: | TV genres.
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| Online Access: | Click here to view this book |
| Summary: | Is reality TV a coherent genre? This book addresses this question by examining the characteristics, contexts and breadth of reality TV through a history of its programming trends. Paying attention to stylistic connections as well as key concepts, this study breaks reality television down into three main 'generations': the camcorder generation, the competition generation and the celebrity generation. Beginning with a consideration of the applicability of the term 'genre' for this televisual hybrid, the book takes a transnational approach to investigating the forms and formats of reality TV framed by relevant popular and critical discourses. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 198 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-194) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0748637249 9780748637249 |