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. Key
Questions * What formal characteristics broadly define reality TV?
* Can reality TV be considered a genre when it relies so heavily on
mixing together elements of establishes television genres, film
practices and even industries unrelated to television, such as pop
music and modelling? * How can the genealogy of reality TV
programming trends help us to understand the cultural discourses
and concepts with which reality TV is associated. e.g.
surveillance, performance, voyeurism, celebrity and even reality
itself?
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