Reality TV / Misha Kavka.

Author/creator Kavka, Misha
Format Electronic
Publication InfoEdinburgh : Edinburgh University Press,
Descriptionvii, 198 p. ; 22 cm.
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Subjects
Reality television programs--History and criticism.

SeriesTV genres
TV genres. ^A1107744
Contents Introduction: what is reality TV? -- Before reality TV: from Candid Camera to Family docs -- First-generation reality TV (1989-99): the camcorder era -- Second-generation reality TV (1999-2000): Surveillance and competition in Big Brother and Survivor -- The second generation comes of age (2001-5): challenge and transformation -- Third-generation reality TV (2002- ): economies of celebrity -- Legacies: the new MTV generation.
Abstract 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 183-194) and index.
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