Staging the real: Factual TV programming in the age of 'Big Brother'

by Richard Kilborn

Overview

'Staging the Real' is a lively, stimulating account of recent developments in factual TV programming, including 'Big Brother'. Primarily aimed at Media Studies students, it will also be of interest to the more general reader.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780719056826
Publisher:	Manchester University Press
Publication date:	09/11/2003
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.43(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.46(d)

About the Author

Richard Kilborn is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Film and Media Studies at the University of Stirling

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction – Staging the real
1. New forms of the factual
2. The changing factual landscape
3. Playing the 'reality' card
4. Performing the real: The rise and fall of the docu-soap
5. Faking the real: Sleight of hand in the factual domain
6. Staging the real: New modes of reality formatting
Staging the real – Concluding remarks
Bibliography