Is Reality TV a coherent genre? This book addresses this question by examining the characteristics, contexts and breadth of Reality TV through a history of its programming trends.
Beginning with a consideration of the applicability of the term \'genre\' for this televisual hy.
Paying attention to stylistic connections as well as key concepts, this study breaks Reality television down into three main \'generations\': the camcorder generation, the competition generation and the celebrity generation.
Is Reality TV a coherent genre? This book addresses this question by examining the characteristics, contexts and breadth of Reality TV through a history of its programming trends