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Reality goes online Our special online reality
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The real world of the newspaper industry: the
Front Page News Recent news, views, reviews and
Guardian online Neil Paddison provides the essential resource for OCR’s G322, an e-media case study, or an institutional perspective.
Reality bites: documentary in
the 21st century Carly Sandy explores the ways documentary forms have adapted to the changing media landscape.
Reality TV: an interview with
Annette Hill MediaMagazine interviews the Professor of Media at Westminster University and Reality TV expert.
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war A comprehensive view of recent film and TV fiction from John Fitzgerald.
The context of conflict: media representations of
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women Steph Hendry considers two contrasting reality stars and the role played of audiences and of old and new media in their lives.
Watching you, watching me: breaking cinema’s
Goody and Boyle: a tale of two (real)
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4th wall How to explore the conventions of realism through anti-realist techniques.
revealed Our regular cartoon, from Goom.
Hollywood make- up techniques
eater Media lecturer Pete Turner describes his real-life experiences as a participant in BBC3’s food-phobia reality show.
Diary of a freaky
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Top Gear An analysis of the enduring macho appeal of this massively popular BBC brand.
Postmodern or past it? Masculinity and
Truth and realism in Steven Spielberg’s
Amistad Why did this powerful anti-slavery film fail to match the success of Schindler’s List? Gareth Calway investigates.
Desperate Romantics: modernising the
classic mini-series The relationship between art and celebrity explored through a surprisingly modern approach to the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
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The acceptable face of torture? The case
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simulacrum Where’s the ‘reality’ in American Reality TV shows – and how can Baudrillard help us understand it?
and rise of UGC Sara Mills evaluates the power of the citizen journalist and user- generated content.
Hyper-reality and the Digital
Renaissance Stephen Hill argues that digital technologies can enhance, rather than undermine, our humanity.
Xtreme reality: a
sadistic future? Richard Smith surveys some of the more extreme examples of reality TV, and asks what they tell us about audiences and ethics.
Is reality becoming more real? The rise
Faking it: a guide to the American
E Pluribus Unum: political reality and The West Wing How authentically does this much- loved series represent the US political environment?
Is this real? James Rose explores the ‘truth’ behind the horror mockumentary.
for classification Should explicit images of torture be part of our mainstream viewing experience? Vanessa Raison argues for new forms of classification.
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