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    Reality television developed from several influences including deregulation in the television industry, convergence of genres, and the rise of tabloid journalism. Early influences included 1950s quiz shows that were rigged and documentary television shows that aimed for realism but did not always achieve it. Popular entertainment genres in the 1980s like talk shows and game shows featuring ordinary people also influenced the emergence of reality television by involving non-professional actors and focusing on conflict, emotions, and personal transformations. These influences combined to bring about the modern reality television genre.

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    Reality television developed from several influences including deregulation in the television industry, convergence of genres, and the rise of tabloid journalism. Early influences included 1950s quiz shows that were rigged and documentary television shows that aimed for realism but did not always achieve it. Popular entertainment genres in the 1980s like talk shows and game shows featuring ordinary people also influenced the emergence of reality television by involving non-professional actors and focusing on conflict, emotions, and personal transformations. These influences combined to bring about the modern reality television genre.

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    Factual Enterainment Where Did Reality TV Come From?: Deregulation Convergence

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    Reality television developed from several influences including deregulation in the television industry, convergence of genres, and the rise of tabloid journalism. Early influences included 1950s quiz shows that were rigged and documentary television shows that aimed for realism but did not always achieve it. Popular entertainment genres in the 1980s like talk shows and game shows featuring ordinary people also influenced the emergence of reality television by involving non-professional actors and focusing on conflict, emotions, and personal transformations. These influences combined to bring about the modern reality television genre.

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    Factual Enterainment Where did reality TV come from?

    Deregulation Convergence
    Tabloid journalism Documentary television Popular entertainment that increased in the 80s

    gioved 13 ottobre 2011

    QUIZ SHOW SCANDALS (50s). Television programs, such as CBS's The $64,000 Question, turned contestants into instant celebrities. The case of Charles Van Doren Champions, such as Van Doren, were chosen for their dashing looks and personality, and were fed the answers beforehand. Contestants were even instructed when to pause for greatest dramatic effect.

    gioved 13 ottobre 2011

    The influence of tabloid Journalism on Reality TV

    Style is sensational, tone is populist, it denies differences between fiction and documentaries, it creates entertaining news.
    gioved 13 ottobre 2011

    The influence of documentary television on reality TV


    Documentary Journalism

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63gzaJ1QD8k
    Documentary journalism addresses topical subjects in a series format, using journalistic conventions, and usually involving the quest of a presenter /reporter delving behind the headlines
    gioved 13 ottobre 2011

    The influence of documentary television on reality TV


    Documentary Realism
    a rethoric of accurancy and truth

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyUPe_Atu98

    gioved 13 ottobre 2011

    The influence of documentary television on reality TV


    Observational documentary
    This type of doc relies on the use of lightwight, portable cameras and tends to deal with current events, events that are unfolding in front of the camera

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4xO35k4O2k

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    Popular Entertainment
    Candid Camera
    interaction between non professional actors and celebrities non professional actors are often treated as celebrities interactive elements (drawing a studio audience, and viewers at home, directly into a program usually as respondents or judges to the activities of the non professional actors/celebrities) formats are sold worldwide and locally produced

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCpx0yHK7g0&feature=related
    gioved 13 ottobre 2011

    Popular Entertainment
    The Tonight Show (1954) The Oprah Winfrey Show (1984) The Jerry Springer Show (1991) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvY2Cq_frlw
    The confessional talk has dominated daytime tv since the 80s. These shows allow for a simingly democratic moment as average people are given a similar treatment to the celebrity guest (Shattuc, 2001) These kind of shows share with Big Brother the fact that the format focus is on interpersonal conflict, emotions and sexual titillation.
    gioved 13 ottobre 2011

    Popular Entertainment
    Gameshows Who wants to be a Millionaire? Sports television
    calibration of luck, knowledge and skills ordinary people facing life transforming decisions in extended real time (like in Survivor)

    expert discussion panels interviews with the participants. drama and excitement of sports tv highlightig particular characters, or personalities, and their actions within the the spectacle of reality tv generate adrenaline in viewers
    skills aquisition narrative of transformation makeover represent social realities within popular television represent sensational realities

    Daytime television

    Soap opera and Melodrama

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    Infotainment or Tabloid TV

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMOXE4StcVY&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CTg5s8hEDo

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    Docu-soap and lifestyle


    Airport (BBC)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFEuHOSfrFE

    Changing Rooms (BBC)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1PqOTe4U5Y

    gioved 13 ottobre 2011

    Reality Gameshows
    Gameshow

    Life experiments

    Celebrities

    gioved 13 ottobre 2011

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