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This book is a study of the 'Reality TV' format which, in less than a decade, has transformed network programming schedules, branded satellite and digital stations, become a favourite target for anti-television campaigners, and turned viewers into savvy readers of (and participants in) the mechanics of television production.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements; Introduction: What Is Reality Television?; 1. Before Reality TV: From Candid Camera to Family Docs; 2. First-Generation Reality TV (1989-1999): The Camcorder Era; 3. Second-Generation Reality TV (1999-2000): Surveillance and Competition in Big Brother and Survivor; 4. The Second Generation Comes of Age (2001-2005): Challenge and Transformation; 5. Third-Generation Reality TV (2002- ): Economies of Celebrity; 6. Legacies: The New MTV Generation; Bibliography; Index.

Reality TV

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      Publisher Edinburgh University Press
      Published 14 February 2012
      ISBN-13 9780748637232
      978-0748637232
      ISBN-10 0748637230
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      TV and society

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book is a study of the 'Reality TV' format which, in less than a decade, has transformed network programming schedules, branded satellite and digital stations, become a favourite target for anti-television campaigners, and turned viewers into savvy readers of (and participants in) the mechanics of television production.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements; Introduction: What Is Reality Television?; 1. Before Reality TV: From Candid Camera to Family Docs; 2. First-Generation Reality TV (1989-1999): The Camcorder Era; 3. Second-Generation Reality TV (1999-2000): Surveillance and Competition in Big Brother and Survivor; 4. The Second Generation Comes of Age (2001-2005): Challenge and Transformation; 5. Third-Generation Reality TV (2002- ): Economies of Celebrity; 6. Legacies: The New MTV Generation; Bibliography; Index.

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