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  2. compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com › doi › absToward a Sociology of Reality Television - Montemurro - 2008 ...

    Dec 19, 2007 · Despite the popularity of reality television and its solid roots in Western media, sociology has been underused in its analysis. In this essay, I review the research on reality television. Its definition, history, and issues of classification in the genre are addressed.

  3. www.researchgate.net › publication › 230137231Toward a Sociology of Reality Television - ResearchGate

    In this essay, I review the research on reality television. Its definition, history, and issues of classification in the genre are addressed. Then, I summarize the major themes in the...

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  5. journals.sagepub.com › doi › 10Look at me, I’m on TV: the political dimensions of reality ...

    Aug 6, 2021 · Factual-entertainment television, more commonly referred to as ‘reality TV’, encompasses a range of formats that typically feature members of the public appearing as themselves in natural or constructed settings, including reality competitions, docusoaps, popular documentaries and social experiments.

    • Bethany Klein, Stephen Coleman
    • 2021

  6. www.oxfordbibliographies.com › abstract › documentReality Television - Communication - Oxford Bibliographies

    Apr 24, 2012 · Arguing that understandings of the real are culturally shaped, the author presents qualitative and quantitative research on how audiences evaluate the authenticity of reality programs and how they judge the performance of ordinary people on television.

  7. journals.sagepub.com › doi › 10Watching reality from a distance: class, genre and reality ...

    Aug 15, 2016 · The cultural significance of reality television is based on its claim to represent social reality. On the level of genre, we might argue that reality television constructs a modern day panorama of the social world and its inhabitants and that it thus makes populations appear.

    • Fredrik Stiernstedt, Peter Jakobsson
    • 2017

  8. compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com › doi › absTeaching & Learning Guide for: Toward a Sociology of Reality ...

    Mar 13, 2008 · In fact, there is a growing body of research, primarily conducted by communication studies scholars, that takes this type of television seriously. Thus, there is a foundation for teaching the sociology of reality television and excellent resources for doing so. Author recommends. Andrejevic, Mark 2004. Reality TV: The Work of Being Watched ...

  9. magazine.columbia.edu › article › its-time-startIt’s Time to Start Taking Reality TV More Seriously

    Reality TV involves real people ostensibly reacting to real-world situations, which allows us to put ourselves in the participants’ shoes and see flashes of ourselves. The genre tends to traffic in broad character archetypes — the “smart one” and the “shy one” and the “athletic one,” for example.