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Reality TV: Realism and Revelation
Author(s): Anita Biressi (Author)
- Publisher: Wallflower Press
- Publication Date: 11 May 2005
- Language: English
- Print length: 224 pages
- ISBN-10: 1904764053
- ISBN-13: 9781904764052
Book Description
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.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Recommended.–Choice
The theories presented are many, but all cohere around a central and persuasive thesis.–Matt Warman “Times Literary Supplement “
About the Author
Anita Biressi is senior lecturer in cultural and media studies at University of Surrey, Roehampton. She is the author of Crime, Fear and the Law in True Crime Stories (2001).
Heather Nunn is senior lecturer in cultural studies at University of Surrey, Roehampton. She is the author of Thatcher, Politics and Fantasy: The Political Culture of Gender and Nation (2002).
