Understanding reality television /
edited by Su Holmes and Deborah Jermyn.
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
- x, 302 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : understanding reality TV / Candid Camera and the origins of reality TV : contextualising a historical precedent / From Ozzie Nelson to Ozzy Osbourne : the genesis and development of the reality (star) sitcom / 'This is about real people!' : video technologies, actuality and affect in the television crime appeal / Reality TV, troublesome pictures and panics : reappraising the public controversy around reality TV in Europe / Su Holmes, Deborah Jermyn -- Bradley D. Clissold -- Jennifer Gillan -- Deborah Jermyn -- Daniel Biltereyst. "All you've got to worry about is the task, having a cup of tea, and doing a bit of sunbathing' : approaching celebrity in Big Brother / Temporalities of the real : conceptualising time in reality TV / In search of community on reality TV : America's Most Wanted and Survivor / 'New you' : class and transformation in lifestyle television / Socially soothing stories? Gender, race and class in TLC's A Wedding Story and A Baby Story / Su Holmes -- Misha Kavka, Amy West -- Gray Cavender -- Gareth Palmer -- Rebecca L. Stephens. Household, the basement and The Real World : gay identity in the constructed reality environment / 'It isn't always Shakespeare, but it's genuine' : cinema's commentary on documentary hybrids / Big Brother : reconfiguring the 'active' audience of cultural studies? / 'Jump in the pool' : the competitive culture of Survivor fan networks / Christopher Pullen -- Craig Hight -- Estella Tincknell, Parvati Raghuram -- Derek Foster.
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Reality television programs--History and criticism.