How does hill define reality TV?
Reality TV was heavily influenced by what was known as realist-documentary, which was initiated back in the early 1930s. Which is now emerged into what we know as documentaries, it was through this concept that reality TV was birthed.
This category is commonly used to describe a range of popular factual programming. There are a variety of styles and techniques associated with reality TV, such as non-professional actors, unscripted dialogue, surveillance footage, hand-held cameras, and seeing events unfold in front of the camera
Hill talks on how there is no one true definition of reality programming, but many, competing definitions of what has come to be called the reality genre. This is because the reality genre is made of a number of distinctive and historically based television genres, such as lifestyle, or documentary. These television genres have merged with each other to create a number of hybrid genres that we now call reality TV, or popular factual television. The unique function of factual television has become a key attraction for audiences of reality TV. (2005)
References:
Hill, A. (2005) The reality genre. In A. Hill, Reality TV: Audiences and Popular Factual Television. (pp. 14 – 40). Oxon: Routledge.
Biressi, A. & Nunn, N. (2005). Real Lives, documentary approaches. In Reality TV: realism and revelation. (pp. 35-58) London: Wallflower.
Interesting how there is no 'real' definition to reality tv. No pun intended.
ReplyDeleteNice comment Nia! Sheldon don't forget to use the appropriate referencing practices when developing your argument using the ideas of others.
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