Big Brother: Reality TV in the Twenty-First Century

by Jonathan Bignell

Book Overview

Jonathan Bignell presents a wide-ranging analysis of the television phenomenon of the early twenty-first century: reality TV. He explores its cultural and political meanings, explains the genesis of the form and its relationship to contemporary television production, and considers how it connects with, and breaks away from, factual and fictional conventions in television.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403916853
• ISBN13: 9781403916853
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 189 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.6" x 8.5"