Staging the real

Factual TV programming in the age of 'Big Brother'

By (author) Richard Kilborn

Publication date:

11 September 2003

Length of book:

224 pages

Publisher

Manchester University Press

Dimensions:

216x138mm

ISBN-13: 9780719056826

BOOK DESCRIPTION
TABLE OF CONTENTS

'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.

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