Simulating the public sphere
(2008)
Book Chapter
Dovey, J. (2008). Simulating the public sphere. In T. Austin, & W. de Jong (Eds.), Rethinking Documentary: New Perspectives and Practices (246-257). McGraw Hill
In this chapter I argue that formatted reality television game shows like Big Brother (Channel 4 2000 - ) and popular TV documentary formats like Wife Swap (Channel Four 2002 -) and Faking It (Channel Four 1999 -) might be best understood as simula... Read More about Simulating the public sphere.