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Contents: Chapter 1 Candid Camera and the Origins of Reaality TV: Contextualising a historical Precedent; Chapter 2 From Ozzie Nelson to Ozzy Osbourne: The genesis and development of the Reality (star-) sitcom; Chapter 3 'This is about real people!': video technologies, actuality and affect in the television crime appeal; Chapter 4 Reality TV, troublesome pictures and panics: Reappraising the public controversy around Reality TV in Europe; Chapter 5 '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; Chapter 6 Temporalities of the Real: Conceptualising Time in Reality TV; Chapter 7 In Search of Community on Reality TV: America's Most Wanted and Survivor; Chapter 8'The New You': Class and Transformation in Lifestyle Television; Chapter 9 Gender, Class and Race in TLC's A Wedding Story and A Baby Story; Chapter 10 The Household, the Basement and The Real World: Gay Identity and the Construted Reality Environment; Chapter 11 'It isn't always Shakespeare but it's genuine': Cinema's commentary on documentary hybrids; Chapter 12 Big Brother: Reconfiguring the 'active' audience of cultural studies?; Chapter 13 'Jump in the Pool': The Competetive Culture of Survivor Fan Networks
The study of audience relations with star / celebrity culture has
often been marginalised in Star/Celebrity Studies. This book brings
together new research which explores a range of audience encounters
with celebrities, moving across social media, royal weddings,
national identity to questions of age, gender and class. In doing
so, the essays illuminate the complex and negotiated nature of
audience investments in celebrity culture, collectively questioning
the often simplistic and dismissive judgements that are made about
audience/ celebrity relationships in this regard. The book provides
a dedicated space to showcase a range of current work in the field,
seeking to both consolidate and stimulate what is a vibrant and
crucial aspect of studying celebrity culture.
Celebrity culture has a pervasive presence in our everyday lives -
perhaps more so than ever before. It shapes not simply the
production and consumption of media content, but also the social
values through which we experience the world. This collection
analyzes this phenomenon, bringing together essays which explore
celebrity across a range of media, cultural and political contexts.
The authors interrogate topics such as the intimacy of fame,
political celebrity, stardom in American "quality" television
(Sarah Jessica Parker), celebrity reality tv (I'm a Celebrity...Get
Me Out of Here!), the circulation of the porn star, the gallery
film (David/ David Beckham), the concept of cartoon celebrity (The
Simpsons), fandom and celebrity (k.d lang, *NSYNC), celebrity in
the tabloid press, celebrity magazines (heat, Celebrity Skins), the
fame of the serial killer, to narratives of mental illness in
celebrity culture.
The collection is organized into four themed sections. Fame Now
broadly examines the contemporary contours of fame as they course
through new media sites (such as Reality TV and the Internet), and
different social, cultural and political spaces. Fame Body attempts
to situate the body of the star or celebrity at the centre of the
production, circulation and consumption of contemporary fame. Fame
Simulation considers the increasingly strained relationship between
celebrity and artifice and "authenticity." Fame Damage looks at the
way the representation of fame is bound up with auto-destructive
tendencies or dissolution.
Celebrity culture has a pervasive presence in our everyday lives -
perhaps more so than ever before. It shapes not simply the
production and consumption of media content, but also the social
values through which we experience the world. This collection
analyzes this phenomenon, bringing together essays which explore
celebrity across a range of media, cultural and political contexts.
The authors interrogate topics such as the intimacy of fame,
political celebrity, stardom in American "quality" television
(Sarah Jessica Parker), celebrity reality tv (I'm a Celebrity...Get
Me Out of Here!), the circulation of the porn star, the gallery
film (David/ David Beckham), the concept of cartoon celebrity (The
Simpsons), fandom and celebrity (k.d lang, *NSYNC), celebrity in
the tabloid press, celebrity magazines (heat, Celebrity Skins), the
fame of the serial killer, to narratives of mental illness in
celebrity culture.
The collection is organized into four themed sections. Fame Now
broadly examines the contemporary contours of fame as they course
through new media sites (such as Reality TV and the Internet), and
different social, cultural and political spaces. Fame Body attempts
to situate the body of the star or celebrity at the centre of the
production, circulation and consumption of contemporary fame. Fame
Simulation considers the increasingly strained relationship between
celebrity and artifice and "authenticity." Fame Damage looks at the
way the representation of fame is bound up with auto-destructive
tendencies or dissolution.
'Popular Factual Programming' has rapidly come to occupy a place at the forefront of contemporary television culture on an international scale. Tracing the history of reality TV from Candid Camera to The Osbournes, Understanding Reality Television examines a range of programmes which claim a privileged relation to the 'real', from reality formatted game shows to 'real crime' programming and make-over TV. Contributors discuss the phenonenon of reality TV in the context of the debates it has introduced to our social, cultural and televisual agendas, such as the construction of celebrity, fandom, surveillance and the politics of representation.
The study of audience relations with star / celebrity culture has
often been marginalised in Star/Celebrity Studies. This book brings
together new research which explores a range of audience encounters
with celebrities, moving across social media, royal weddings,
national identity to questions of age, gender and class. In doing
so, the essays illuminate the complex and negotiated nature of
audience investments in celebrity culture, collectively questioning
the often simplistic and dismissive judgements that are made about
audience/ celebrity relationships in this regard. The book provides
a dedicated space to showcase a range of current work in the field,
seeking to both consolidate and stimulate what is a vibrant and
crucial aspect of studying celebrity culture.
Despite its enduring popularity with both broadcasters and
audiences, the quiz show has found itself marginalised in studies
of popular television. This book offers a unique introduction to
the study of the quiz show, while also revisiting, updating and
expanding on existing quiz show scholarship. Ranging across
programmes such as Double Your Money, The $64,000 Dollar Question,
Twenty-One, The Price is Right, Who Wants to be a Millionaire and
The Weakest Link to the controversial 'Quiz TV Call' phenomenon,
the book explores programmes with a focus on question and answer.
Topics covered include the relationship between quiz shows and
television genre; the early broadcast history of the quiz show;
questions of institutional regulation; quiz show aesthetics; the
social significance of 'games'; 'ordinary' people as television
performers, and questions of quiz show reception (from
interactivity to on-line fandom). Key Features *Represents one of
few book-length studies of the quiz show *Offers an accessible
introduction to the genre for undergraduate students *Draws upon
new archival research in order to contribute to knowledge about the
early history of the quiz show *Demonstrates why the quiz show
matters to Television Studies *Brings together key approaches in
the field with new interventions and areas of study (such as the
quiz show in the multi-platform age, and the study of 'ordinary'
people as performers).
Trans-Reality Television: The Transgression of Reality, Genre,
Politics, and Audience offers an overview of contributions which
engage with the phenomenon of reality television as a tool to
reflect on societal and mediated transformations and
transgressions. While some contributors delve deep into the
theoretical issues, others approach the topic at hand through
empirical studies of specific reality television formats and
programs. The chapters in this volume are divided into four
sections, all of which deal with how we see the fluid social at
work in reality television through the trans-real, trans-politics,
trans-genre, and trans-audience. The first section stresses the
concept of the trans-real. These chapters go into the complexity of
the construction of reality in reality television. The second
section, which deals with the concept of trans-politics, offers a
diversity of perspectives on the articulation and re-articulation
of politics and the political. In the third section, trans-genre,
the chapters analyze how the modern conceptualizations of genre and
format are transcended. Finally, the last set of chapters
articulate the concept of trans-audiences, using case studies of
particular audiences and a study of reality celebrities.
Trans-Reality Television concludes by returning to the sense and
nonsense of the use of these 'post' concepts.
This is a timely collection exploring the politics of female
celebrity across a range of contemporary, historical, media and
national contexts. "In the Limelight and Under the Microscope" is a
timely collection exploring the politics of female celebrity across
a range of contemporary, historical, media and national contexts.
Amidst concerns about the apparent 'decline' in the currency of
modern fame ('famous for being famous'), as well as debates about
the shifting parameters of public/private visibility, it is female
celebrities who are positioned as the most active discursive
terrain. This collection seeks to interrogate such phenomena by
forging a greater conceptual, theoretical and historical dialogue
between celebrity studies and critical gender studies. It takes as
its starting point the understanding that female celebrity is a
particularly fraught cultural phenomenon with ideological and
industrial implications that warrant careful scrutiny. In moving
across case studies from the 19th century to the present day, this
book works from the assumption that the case study should play a
crucial role in generating debate about the dialogue between 'past'
and 'present', and the individual essays will seek to reflect this
spirit of enquiry.
"Acts as a concise introduction to the study of both contemporary
and historical stardom and celebrity. Collecting together in one
source companion an easily accessible range of readings surrounding
stardom and celebrity culture, this book is a worthwhile addition
to any library." - Kerry Gough, Birmingham City University
"Absolutely wonderful. The inclusion of seminal works and more
recent works makes this a very valuable read." - Beschara Karam,
University of South Africa "An engaging and often insightful book."
- Media International Australia This book brings together some of
the seminal interventions which have structured the development of
stardom and celebrity studies, while crucially combining and
situating these within the context of new essays which address the
contemporary, cross-media and international landscape of today's
fame culture. From Max Weber, Walter Benjamin and Roland Barthes to
Catherine Lumby, Chris Rojek and Graeme Turner. At the core of the
collection is a desire to map out a unique historical trajectory -
both in terms of the development of fame, as well as the historical
development of the field.
Entertaining television challenges the idea that the BBC in the
1950s was elitist and 'staid', upholding Reithian values in a
paternalistic, even patronising way. By focusing on a number of
(often controversial) programme case studies - such as the soap
opera, the quiz/ game show, the 'problem' show and programmes
dealing with celebrity culture - Su Holmes demonstrates how BBC
television surprisingly explored popular interests and desires. She
also uncovers a number of remarkable connections with programmes
and topics at the forefront of television today, ranging from talk
shows, 'Reality TV', even to our contemporary obsession with
celebrity. The book is iconclastic, percipient and grounded in
archival research, and will be of use to anyone studying television
history. -- .
Trans-Reality Television: The Transgression of Reality, Genre,
Politics, and Audience offers an overview of contributions which
engage with the phenomenon of reality television as a tool to
reflect on societal and mediated transformations and
transgressions. While some contributors delve deep into the
theoretical issues, others approach the topic at hand through
empirical studies of specific reality television formats and
programs. The chapters in this volume are divided into four
sections, all of which deal with how we see the fluid social at
work in reality television through the trans-real, trans-politics,
trans-genre, and trans-audience. The first section stresses the
concept of the trans-real. These chapters go into the complexity of
the construction of reality in reality television. The second
section, which deals with the concept of trans-politics, offers a
diversity of perspectives on the articulation and re-articulation
of politics and the political. In the third section, trans-genre,
the chapters analyze how the modern conceptualizations of genre and
format are transcended. Finally, the last set of chapters
articulate the concept of trans-audiences, using case studies of
particular audiences and a study of reality celebrities.
Trans-Reality Television concludes by returning to the sense and
nonsense of the use of these 'post' concepts.
This is a timely collection exploring the politics of female
celebrity across a range of contemporary, historical, media and
national contexts. "In the Limelight and Under the Microscope" is a
timely collection exploring the politics of female celebrity across
a range of contemporary, historical, media and national contexts.
Amidst concerns about the apparent 'decline' in the currency of
modern fame ('famous for being famous'), as well as debates about
the shifting parameters of public/private visibility, it is female
celebrities who are positioned as the most active discursive
terrain. This collection seeks to interrogate such phenomena by
forging a greater conceptual, theoretical and historical dialogue
between celebrity studies and critical gender studies. It takes as
its starting point the understanding that female celebrity is a
particularly fraught cultural phenomenon with ideological and
industrial implications that warrant careful scrutiny. In moving
across case studies from the 19th century to the present day, this
book works from the assumption that the case study should play a
crucial role in generating debate about the dialogue between 'past'
and 'present', and the individual essays will seek to reflect this
spirit of enquiry.
This book focuses on the emerging historical relations between
British television and film culture in the 1950s. Drawing upon
archival research, it does this by exploring the development of the
early cinema programme on television - principally Current Release
(BBC, 1952-3), Picture Parade (BBC, 1956) and Film Fanfare (ABC,
1956-7) - and argues that it was these texts which played the
central role in the developing relations between the media.
Particularly when it comes to Britain, the early co-existence of
television and cinema has been seen as hostile and antagonistic,
but in situating these programmes within the contexts of their
institutional production, aesthetic construction and reception, the
book aims to 'reconstruct' television's coverage of the cinema as
crucial to the fabric of British film and television culture at the
time. It demonstrates how the roles of cinema and television - as
media industries and cultural forms, but crucially as sites of
screen entertainment - effectively came together at this time in
such a way that is unique to this decade.
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