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But sociologists and media academics have also begun to argue recently that reality TV is much more than this: it can have a ‘political’ function. Reality TV shows can ‘open up’ an accessible public space for the representation of populations who have only a limited visibility and voice.
Mar 13, 2008 · Reality shows cast relatively diverse groups with the intention of seeing whether conflict or harmony will result. Success in reality competitions is often achieved through the development of allia...
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.
Sep 4, 2012 · In this article, we offer an empirical contribution to complement cultural analyses of social class-making in Reality Television (RTV). We draw on qualitative interviews with young people in England (aged 14–19).
- Kim Allen, Heather Mendick
- 2013
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
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.
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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.
