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This book analyses new and hybrid genres of television including observational documentaries, talk shows, game shows, docu-soaps, dramatic reconstructions, law and order programming and 24/7 formats such as Big Brother and Survivor.
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Social SciencesTable of contents
- Cover
- Half title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Reality debates
- 2. Real lives, documentary approaches
- 3. Just being themsleves: from docudrama to new observational documentary
- 4. Personalising the Documentary: from video diary to Errol Morris
- 5. Therapeutic culture: narcissism and self-revelation
- 6. Trauma as popular cultural script: from talk show to lifestyle programming
- 7. Video justice: reality crime television
- 8. Man in a glass box
- Conclusion. ‘Reach for the Stars‘: celebrity, social mobility and the future of reality TV
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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