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newspaper article		Battle stations : the reality war is coming in Sunday Age (26/07/2015) p.6 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; REALITY TV. AUSTRALIA Author: Bowden, Ebony PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: REALITY TV. AUSTRALIA; REALITY SHOWS, TV. AUSTRALIA Summary: Australian TV will be showing a raft of new shows, many from the reality television genre. Some discussion of the new shows as well as why this is happening More info
book		Media matrix : sexing the new reality / Barbara Creed Crows Nest, NSW: Allen and Unwin, 2003. Call No: 403 CRE Author: Creed, Barbara Source: AT Place: Crows Nest, NSW Publisher: Allen and Unwin PubDate: 2003 PhysDes: vii, 216 p. ; 21 cm Subject: SEX AND THE CINEMA; SEX AND TV; REALITY SHOWS, TV. AUSTRALIA; REALITY TV; REALITY TV. AUSTRALIA; WOMEN AND THE CINEMA; WOMEN AND TV; HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE CINEMA; HOMOSEXUALITY AND TV; INTERNET AND THE CINEMA; INTERNET AND TV; Sprinkle, Annie; SEX AND THE CITY [TV] (US, 1998) Summary: An examination of popular culture, film and old and new media in relation to a matrix where ideas and forms of sexuality, identity and the self are formed and performed. ISBN: 1865089265 More info
newspaper article		Out of the box in Australian Financial Review [AFR Magazine] (6/10/2017) p.74 Call No: PERSONALITY CLIPPINGS FILE; FENNESSY, CARL; FENNESSY, MARK Author: Whyte, Jemima PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: ENDEMOL SHINE; REALITY SHOWS, TV. AUSTRALIA; REALITY TV. AUSTRALIA; PRODUCTION, TV. AUSTRALIA; FENNESSY, CARL; FENNESSY, MARK Summary: Mark and Carl Fennessy are Australian TV producers who have a had a hand in creating many popular tv shows. This article examines their career. More info
subject clippings file		REALITY SHOWS, TV. AUSTRALIA Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE PhysDes: Clippings Subject: REALITY SHOWS, TV. AUSTRALIA More info
Interim book		Reality TV : Remaking television culture / Susan Murray (ed.) / Laurie Ouellette (ed.) London: New York University Press, 2004. Call No: 76:759 REA Author: Susan Murray (ed.); Laurie Ouellette (ed.) Place: New York; London Publisher: New York University Press PubDate: 2004 PhysDes: 23 cm ; 358 p Subject: REALITY SHOWS, TV. AUSTRALIA; DOCUMENTARIES; GAMES SHOWS; PROGRAMME GENRES; OSBOURNES, THE [TV] (US, 2002-); WOMEN AND TV; VIOLENCE ON TV; BIG BROTHER [TV] (AT, 2001-) Summary: Beginning by unearthing its historical roots in early reality shows like Candid Camera and wending its way through An American Family, Cops and The Real World to the most recent crop of reality programs, Reality TV is the first book to address the economic, visual, cultural, and audience dimensions of reality television. The essays provide a complex and comprehensive picture of how and why this genre emerged, what it means, how it differs from earlier television programming, and how it engages societies, industries, and individuals. Topics range from the construction of televisual “reality” to the hanging face of criminal violence on TV, to issues of surveillance, taste, and social control. By spanning reality television’s origins in the late 1940s to its current overwhelming popularity, Reality TV demonstrates both the tenacity of the format and its enduring ability to speak to our changing political and social desires and anxieties. [Taken from the back cover]. ISBN: 0814756883 More info
newspaper article		Reality TV's latest grubby conceit in Sydney Morning Herald [TV Guide] (15/05/2017) p.3 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; REALITY TV. AUSTRALIA Author: Enker, Debi PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: REALITY TV. AUSTRALIA; REALITY SHOWS, TV. AUSTRALIA Summary: Criticism of a number of Australian reality TV shows that feature relationships in varying stages of trouble SEVEN YEAR SWITCH, MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT More info
newspaper article		Struggle Street in sights of networks in The Australian [Media] (18/05/2015) p.23 Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; STRUGGLE STREET [TV](AT, 2015-) Author: Bodey, Michael PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: REALITY SHOWS, TV. AUSTRALIA; REALITY TV. AUSTRALIA; STRUGGLE STREET [TV](AT, 2015-) Summary: Report on the ratings success of Struggle Street and whether the producers of the show are going to do a new series of the show and if it will be shown on a different network than SBS. More info
Interim book		Upping the ante : Survivor and Big Brother and the televisual triumph of the reality game show / Sophie Alexiadis Melbourne: 2004. Call No: 76:759.5 ALE Author: Sophie Alexiadis Place: Melbourne PubDate: 2004 PhysDes: 185 p ; 30 cm Subject: REALITY SHOWS, TV. AUSTRALIA; BIG BROTHER [TV] (AT, 2001-); GAMES SHOWS; GAMES SHOWS. AUSTRALIA; PROGRAMME GENRES; AESTHETICS Summary: This thesis conducts a formal analysis of the ways in which phenomenal television successes Survivor and Big Brother are situated in histories of dcumentary, reality television and game shows; and how they may indicate a broader change in television production aesthetics and viewing practices for the new millenium. Historically, the reality game shows Survivor and Big Brother can be seen as belonging to and perpetuating a form which commenced with the first television broadcasts: the game show genre. Yet, with hybridized formats incorporating elements of news, soap opera, talk shows or fly-on-the-wall documentaries, these recent shows exploit the latest television technology. How shows such as Survivor and Big Brother expand or subvert the game show genre is, therefore, central to this thesis. [Taken from thesis summary]. Notes: RMIT masters thesis More info
book		What about me? Identity, subjectivity and reality TV participation / by Winnie Salamon Melbourne: 2010. Call No: 76:759 SAL Author: Salamon, Winnie Source: AT Place: Melbourne PubDate: 2010 PhysDes: 275 leaves, bound ; 30 cm Subject: PERSONALITIES ON TV; PERSONALITIES ON TV. AUSTRALIA; POPULAR CULTURE AND TV; POPULAR CULTURE AND TV. AUSTRALIA; REALITY SHOWS, TV. AUSTRALIA; REALITY SHOWS. AUSTRALIA; REALITY TV; REALITY TV. AUSTRALIA; RESEARCH TV; TELEVISION; AUSTRALIAN IDOL [TV] (AT, 2003-); BIG BROTHER [TV] (AT, 2001-); BIG BROTHER [TV] (AT, 2001-); BIG BROTHER [TV] (AT, 2001-); BIG BROTHER UNCUT [TV] (AT, 2001-); BIGGEST LOSER, THE [TV] (AT, 2006) Summary: "This thesis examines first person accounts of former reality television participants who have appeared on Australian versions of Big Brother, Australian Idol and The Biggest Loser. While scholars have researched audience responses to a wide range of reality shows, little research has been conducted on the participants themselves. My qualitative research study involving 15 semi-structed one-on-one interviews with reality TV participants addresses this gap, using these accounts to explore broader issues surrounding late modern identity and subjectivity" -- ABSTRACT Notes: Typescript; Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Melbourne, School of Culture and Communication, 2011; Includes bibliographical references Contents: -- acknowledgments -- introduction -- chapter one: reality tv and our collective selves: a history and review of the literature -- chapter two: qualitative research and reflexivity: interviewing through an ethnographic gaze -- chapter three: 'there's no reality in reality tv': performing the real in a 'reality flavoured' universe -- chapter four: what about me? reality tv and the self-governed citizen -- chapter five: brand new world: reality tv and the branded human -- chapter six: reality is a bitch: expectations and disappointments in reality tv -- chapter seven: hijacking the branded self: reality tv and the politics of subversion -- conclusion -- appendix 1: the interviewees -- appendix 2: interview questions -- bibliography -- More info

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