Watching reality from a distance: class, genre and reality television

Television Viewing and Perception of Social Reality

Since the 1960s, communication scholars have attempted to examine television's contributions to viewers' perceptions of a wide variety of topics and issues. Unfortunately, little effort has been made to investigate the influence of television on adolescents' perceptions of social reality. This study investigates the relationship between television viewing and perceptions of social reality among...

Survivor and Other Reality T.v. Gameshows: the Uses and Gratifications Perspective on a Reality Sub-genre

of Thesis vi Chapter One: Introduction 1 Chapter Two: Literature Review 6 Introduction 6 Uses and Gratifications Perspective 6 Early History of Media Gratification 7 Development of Uses and Gratifications Theory 9 Extensions into Uses and Gratifications 10 Summary of Uses and Gratifications Theory 12 Television Popularity and the Audience 12 A Historical Review of the Television Genre 13 Realit...

Distance Psychotherapy – New Reality

Mailing Adrress: Protásio Lemos da Luz • Incor FMUSP Avenida Dr. Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, n° 44, 5 andar BlocoII sala 08. Postal Code 05403-000, São Paulo, SP Brazil E-mail: [email protected] Manuscript received April 29, 2015; revised manuscript May 06, 2015; accepted May 06, 2015.

A Theory of Genre: Romance, Realism, and Moral Reality

Propp and the Folktale of “ Reality ” Television : Toward a Structure of Reality Shows

The beautiful, the savvy, the romantic, the fit. These are the heroes of television's new obsession, reality television. For the past five years, world television audiences have been deluged by these unlikely heroes and their so-called " reality shows, " each equipped with its own drama, challenge, and reward. In the United States, it truly takes serious effort to avoid a reality program during...