Are you talking about "reality programs" such as COPS or are you interested in the "social construction of reality and television viewing"? If it is the former you are correct--there are a few academic articles (search Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media). The latter is addressed in numerous texts and articles. I'm doing a study concerning reality programming and the documentary and audience perceptions--ala, blurring of the lines between entertainment and information. ---------- From: Film and TV Studies Discussion To: Multiple recipients of list SCR Subject: reality TV Date: Thursday, March 21, 1996 3:07PM I am preparing some lectures as well as a series of articles on the subject of reality TV. My problem is that, apart from an enormous amount of journalistic discussion on this new 'genre', I can't find too much academic articles or books on the subject. In fact, I have only found three texts: Richard Killborn: 'How real can you get?': Recent developments in 'reality' television. In: European Journal of Communication (SAGE, London), Vol. 9 (1994), pp. 421-439. John Corner: Television as public communication. Chapter 1 in: John Corner: Television form and public adress (Edward Arnold, London), 1995. Laura Grindstaff: Trashy or transgressive? 'Reality TV' and the politics of social control. In: T:vc Thresholds: viewing culture (University of California Santa Barbara), Vol. 9 (1995), Section 3. You can find this article online at: http://www.arts.ucsb.edu/~tvc/section3/11.Tvc.v9.sect3.Grindstaff.html Does anyone know other books or articles on the subject of reality TV (and 'emotion TV'), or know of people in the academic field of film and television studies who are also working on the subject? There must be some... Maarten Reesink Institute of Film and Television Studies University of Amsterdam ********************************************************** /----\ Maarten Reesink ACS-i, media research & projects | | [log in to unmask] WWW: http://www.desk.nl/~acsi/ |A | Keizersgracht 8, 1015 CN Amsterdam, The Netherlands \----/ Phone: +31.20.420.4505, Fax: +31.20.420.7663 ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]