TY  - BOOK
AU  - Holmes,Su
AU  - Jermyn,Deborah
TI  - Understanding reality television
SN  - 0415317940
AV  - PN1992.8.R43 U53 2004
U1  - 791.45/6 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Reality television programs
KW  - History and criticism
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : understanding reality TV; Su Holmes, Deborah Jermyn --; Candid Camera and the origins of reality TV : contextualising a historical precedent; Bradley D. Clissold --; From Ozzie Nelson to Ozzy Osbourne : the genesis and development of the reality (star) sitcom; Jennifer Gillan --; 'This is about real people!' : video technologies, actuality and affect in the television crime appeal; Deborah Jermyn --; Reality TV, troublesome pictures and panics : reappraising the public controversy around reality TV in Europe; 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; Su Holmes --; Temporalities of the real : conceptualising time in reality TV; Misha Kavka, Amy West --; In search of community on reality TV : America's Most Wanted and Survivor; Gray Cavender --; 'New you' : class and transformation in lifestyle television; Gareth Palmer --; Socially soothing stories? Gender, race and class in TLC's A Wedding Story and A Baby Story; Rebecca L. Stephens; Household, the basement and The Real World : gay identity in the constructed reality environment; Christopher Pullen --; 'It isn't always Shakespeare, but it's genuine' : cinema's commentary on documentary hybrids; Craig Hight --; Big Brother : reconfiguring the 'active' audience of cultural studies?; Estella Tincknell, Parvati Raghuram --; 'Jump in the pool' : the competitive culture of Survivor fan networks; Derek Foster
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0651/2005280753-d.html
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