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'''Reality TV''' is a [[television]] genre where individuals interact, as their real selves, in situations believed to be dramatic enough to be entertaining, without a script.<ref name=CommunicationQuarterly2008-05Irresistable/> | '''Reality TV''' is a [[television]] genre where individuals interact, as their real selves, in situations believed to be dramatic enough to be entertaining, without a script.<ref name=CommunicationQuarterly2008-05Irresistable/><ref name=MixedBag2001-05/> | ||
In 2001, after noting that scholars find reality TV hard to define, [[George Bagley]] offered the following definition in the ''[[Journal of Film and Video]]<ref name=CommunicationQuarterly2008-05Irresistable/><ref name=MixedBag2001-05/>: | |||
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: ‘‘As a presentation of non-actors in legitimately natural settings and situations working without a script, reality TV stakes its claim with viewers to regard its depictions as unadorned and spontaneous truthful documentation of natural reality’’.<ref name=CommunicationQuarterly2008-05Irresistable/> | : ‘‘As a presentation of non-actors in legitimately natural settings and situations working without a script, reality TV stakes its claim with viewers to regard its depictions as unadorned and spontaneous truthful documentation of natural reality’’.<ref name=CommunicationQuarterly2008-05Irresistable/><ref name=MixedBag2001-05/> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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| url = | | url = https://www.jstor.org/stable/20688357 | ||
| title = | | title = A mixed bag: Negotiating claims in MTV’s the Real World | ||
| work = | | work = [[Journal of Film and Video]] | ||
| | | volume = 53 | ||
| | | number = 2/3 | ||
| | | author = George Bagley | ||
| | | date = Summer/Fall 2001 | ||
| pages = 61-76 | |||
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Revision as of 20:38, 20 August 2022
Reality TV is a television genre where individuals interact, as their real selves, in situations believed to be dramatic enough to be entertaining, without a script.[1][2]
In 2001, after noting that scholars find reality TV hard to define, George Bagley offered the following definition in the Journal of Film and Video[1][2]:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lisa K. Lundy, Amanda M. Ruth, & Travis D. Park. Simply Irresistible: Reality TV Consumption Patterns, Communication Quarterly, May 2008, pp. 208–225. Retrieved on 2022-08-20.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 George Bagley. A mixed bag: Negotiating claims in MTV’s the Real World, Journal of Film and Video, Summer/Fall 2001, pp. 61-76. Retrieved on 2022-08-20.