Big Brother Reality TV in the Twenty-First Century

Name: Big Brother Reality TV in the Twenty-First Century
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ISBN: 9781403916853

ISBN-10: 1403916853

ISBN-13: 9781403916853

Edition: 2005

Authors: Jonathan Bignell

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Bignell presents an analysis of Reality TV, exploring its cultural and political meanings, explaining the genesis of the form and its relationship to contemporary television production, and considering how it connects with, and breaks away from, factual and fictional conventions in television.

Book details

Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Limited
Publication date: 11/16/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 189
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.46" tall
Weight: 0.572
Language: English



Preface and Acknowledgements


Introduction



Genesis


Introduction


The documentary heritage


The possibilities of production technologies


Television institutions


Risking Reality TV


Reality TV as the end of documentary history


Case Study: Wife Swap


Conclusion



The World is Watching


Introduction


Reality TV and theories of globalization


International programmes and formats from Britain


The globalization of privacy publicized


Reality TV and television scheduling


The globalization of institutional forms


Local regulatory cultures


Case Study: Big Brother as a transnational property


Conclusion



Reality TV


Introduction


Generic conventions and docusoap


Docusoap, ordinariness and celebrity


The aesthetics of Reality TV


Reality TV and the public sphere


The passion and revelation of the real


Narration and mediation


Case Study: The House series: simulation, recreation and education


Conclusion



Drama


Introduction


Narrative forms


Performance and genre


Characters


Melodrama


Dramatizing gender


Reality TV and the displacement of drama


From docusoap to drama


Case Study: The Cruise, performance and authenticity


Conclusion



Surveillance


Introduction


The prison of the real


Spaces of surveillance


Discipline and confession


Rights and regulations


Threat and reassurance


Car crash TV


Case Study: witnessing and helping in Crimewatch UK


Conclusion



Big Brother Culture


Introduction


Cross-platform and intermedial texts


Audience composition and modes of address


Audience perceptions of Reality TV


Television institutions and Reality TV audiences


Television talk and gossip


Poaching and fandom


Case Study: The Osbournes, celebrity and multi-accentuality


Conclusion


Conclusion


Bibliography


Index