Revision with unchanged content. Reality programs have transformed televison, pushing many traditional narratives such as miniseries, sitcoms, and movies of the week off the dial. Because of the genre's roots in documentary, many scholars and critics have condemned reality televison for its perceived lack of formal appropriateness and for how it uses documentary conventions for sensational purposes. Examining four representative programs, this book takes a different position, arguing that reality television has more in common with traditional narrative programs than with documentary: its rhetoric is a narrative rhetoric. Whereas documentaries tend to use argument as a primary mode within which narration may figure, reality programs operate within a primarily narrative mode, telling dramatic stories about
Produktkennzeichnungen
EAN
9783639420081
ISBN
9783639420081
ISBN-10
363942008x
ISBN-13
9783639420081
eBay Product ID (ePID)
165525279
Produkt Hauptmerkmale
Sprache
Englisch
Anzahl der Seiten
120 Seiten
Verlag
Av Akademikerverlag
Autor
Gwendolynne Reid
Buchtitel
The Rhetoric of Reality Television
Format
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsjahr
2012
Maße
Gewicht
195g
Zusätzliche Produkteigenschaften
Hörbuch
No
Inhaltsbeschreibung
Paperback
Item Length
22cm
Item Height
7mm
Item Width
15cm
Sprachausgabe
Englisch
Seiten
120 Seiten
Item Weight
197g
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