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Persée est un programme de publication électronique de revues scientifiques en sciences humaines et sociales.
Networks and producers have increasingly pushed the boundaries of television voyeurism as they seek new ratings hits, but at times this has proved problematic.
“Jersey Shore” was doing what reality TV had previously done only sporadically: shine a light on a genuine, region-specific American subculture. What years of strong ratings revealed, however, was that subculture was exportable.
Stop whining about how prime time's hottest genre is destroying America, and enjoy some great television
It seems America’s appetite for reality TV hasn’t yet curbed and possibly even continues to accelerate. Want proof? You know that show where people buy delinquent storage units “blind”, then rifle through them looking for valuable collectibles, antiques and other goods? Which one? you say, yeah, that’s my point; there are multiple series that fit that bill including Storage Wars, Auction Hunters and in a tangential way, Pawn Stars.
Via Peter Verschuere, Kaity Coward
Sitting in a CNN studio on Sunset Boulevard, Mark Burnett stretches back in a director's chair, half-smiling as Greta Van Susteren fires off a series of earnest questions about reality TV.
On your journey, you will visit basic concepts related to media and culture that reflect social scientific and social construction perspectives. After a discussion of types of media and various media theories, the chapter will offer you reality television and its representations and constructions of various cultures in order to further examine these theories. Media effects and media literacy are also discussed. After your journey, you will be a better informed media consumer and media critic aware of various theories through which to view and understand the media to which you are exposed daily and its relation to culture.
"Shows open wounds that no one can suture, so you’re left to bleed to death."...
THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION THE MEAN WORLD EFFECTS OF REALITY TELEVISION: PERCEPTIONS OF ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIORS RESULTING FROM EXPOSURE TO COMPETITION-BASED REALITY PROGRAMMING By KRISTIN MICHAEL BARTON A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Communication In partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Degree Awarded: Spring Semester, 2007
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Persée est un programme de publication électronique de revues scientifiques en sciences humaines et sociales.
There’s never been more video content to watch, or more ways of to watch it. That, says Jeremy Toeman, of Dijit Media, a big problem. In making TV infinite, we’ve lost its most potent benefit: escapism.
Via Nicholas Barr
As “unscripted” series proliferate, reality shows are increasingly where the jobs are for those trying to break into the television business.
The goal for much of reality TV now is to push the envelope just enough to inspire a tut-tutting “talker” segment on the
Watching all this is lurid in a rubbernecking way. It engages a part of my brain that seems to like the base stimulation without much thinking. No lousy plots to follow. No bad acting. Just a fun-house mirror version of life.
Successful reality-TV shows are never about what they claim to be about. Once you realize that, there is much to be learned.
Via Pilar Pamblanco, Kaity Coward
In the future, what will our well-dressed, mean girl leaders have in common? A childhood filled with a lot of reality television. A revealing survey released this week from the Girl Scout Research...
Jezebel is gossip, culture, fashion, and sex for the contemporary woman.
Some reality TV show contestants succumb to pressures of competition and fame.
Reality TV is entertainment, but what is it teaching?
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