Reality TV: Contexts, Debates, Futures Preliminary announcement of event Day event hosted by the School of Humanities and Cultural Studies Roehampton to celebrate the launch of the Centre for Research in Audiovisual Culture (CFRAC) organised by Anita Biressi, Deborah Jermyn and Heather Nunn. Date: Saturday 22nd May 9am-5pm Venue: Chapman Hall, Southlands College, Roehampton University of Surrey UK Fee: £15 (£5 unwaged/student rate) fee includes refreshments and lunch Includes book launch for Understanding Reality Television (Routledge, 2004) edited by Su Holmes and Deborah Jermyn. Speakers include: Jonathan Bignell (Reading) Title: What are we talking about, and why does it matter? Anita Biressi (Roehampton) Title: Feel My Pain: the Trauma of Reality TV Annette Hill (Westminster) Title: Television Audiences and Factual Programming Su Holmes (Southampton Institute) Title: ‘It’s a Jungle Out There’: Conceptualising Fame in Celebrity Reality TV Janet Jones (Aberystwyth) Title: How Big Brother works to dispel the ‘mediation anxiety’ Heather Nunn (Roehampton) Title: Reality TV and the Therapy Playroom Estella Tincknell (UWE) Title: ‘Sexing up’ the Past: History, Pastiche and the Real Brian Winston (Lincoln) Title: The Paradox of Reality TV Register by email to: [log in to unmask] and either pay on the day or send cheques to Dr Anita Biressi, Roehampton University of Surrey, School of Humanities and Cultural Studies, Digby Stuart College, Howard Rm. 101, Roehampton Lane, London SW15 5PH, UK. Cheques payable to ‘University of Surrey Roehampton’. ------------------------------------------------------- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by The University of Surrey Roehampton MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html