Reality TV by Annette Hill

Reality TV by Annette Hill

Drawing on quantitative and qualitative audience research to understand how viewers categorize the reality genre. From Animal Hospital to Big Brother, this book examines the voices of people who watch reality programmes.

'She gives audiences a more learned and critical role in this endeavor than do most current researchersSumming Up: Recommended. Lower-/upper-division undergraduates; graduate students; general readers.' -- R. Cathcart, emeritus, CUNY Queens College, Choice Review

'This is an important book. It addresses a matter of current concern to all those who study media, and introduces vital new evidence: substantial structured interviews with a wide range of TV viewers.' - John Ellis, Royal Holloway, University of London

'This book is written with clarity and style. Its uses of audience data both develop the argument about the reception of popular television, and open up new issues for discussion.' - John Corner, University of Liverpool

'This is a timely and important volume that will make a significant contribution to debates concerning factual and documentary television.' - Jane Roscoe, Australian Film, Television and Radio School

Annette Hill is a Reader in Communication at the University of Westminster. She is the author of (John Libbey, 1997) co-author of (Routledge, 1999) and co-editor of (Routledge, 2003)

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ISBN 13	9780415261524
ISBN 10	041526152X
Title	Reality TV
Author	Annette Hill
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2004-11-11
Number of pages	240
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