Teachingmedialiteracy.com: A Web-Linked Guide to Resources and Activities

Chapter 7: Teaching film/television genres, comics/graphics, novel and popular music

[7.1] Teaching Film/Television Genres, Comics/Graphic Novels, and Popular Music

[7.2] Different Approaches to Genre Study

[7.3] Audience-based Approach

[7.4] Critical/Ideological Analysis Approach

[7.5] Film Versus Television Genres

[7.6] Resources on Different Genre Types

[7.7] [7.7] Analyzing Different Genre Types

[7.7a] Action/Adventure

[7.7b] The Western

[7.7c] Gangster/Crime

[7.7d] Detective/Film Noir

[7.7e] Comedy

[7.7f] Science Fiction/Fantasy

[7.7g] Horror/Monster

[7.7h] Suspense Thriller/Spy/Heist

[7.7i] Soap Opera

[7.7j] The Talk Show

[7.7k] Sports

[7.7l] Game Shows/
Reality TV

[7.7m] Animation

[7.7n] Comics

[7.7o] Graphic Novels

[7.7p] Music

[7.8] Music

[7.9] References

[7.10] Final Task

Chapter 7

[7.7l] Game Shows / Reality TV

Game show directories/lists:

[7.7l.1] dmoz.org: Game Shows
[7.7l.2] Yahoo.com Directory: Game Shows
[7.7l.3] Google.com Web Directory: Game Shows

Reality-based television resources:

[7.7l.4] dmoz.org: Television Programs: Reality-Based
[7.7l.5] Google Directory: Reality-Based
[7.7l.6] Yahoo.com Directory: Reality Television
[7.7l.7] Reality Television Show Directory
[7.7l.8] reality blurred: reality TV weblog

[7.7l.9, 7.7l.10] Another subgenre of reality television involves placing people in difficult contexts — in 1900, in a London house based on life in 1900 and in Frontier House, in the 1883 in the American frontier of Montana and showing them coping with the difficulties of life without contemporary amenities.

Reality television resources:

[7.7l.11] Beth Rowen: History of Reality TV
[7.7l.12] Reality TV Channel
[7.7l.13] Reality TV Planet
[7.7l.14] Reality World TV
[7.7l.15] Reality News Online
[7.7l.16] Fans of Reality TV
[7.7l.17] PBS: American High: Legal and Ethical Aspects of Reality TV
[7.7l.18] Lots of links to Reality TV shows
[7.7l.19] Forums: Reality TV shows
[7.7l.19]
[7.7l.20] Reality TV Website
[7.7l.21] Reality TV Forums
[7.7l.22] Reality TV Talk
[7.7l.23] Time Magazine, “How Reality TV Fakes It”: use of manipulative editing of audio and video to sensationalize the drama.

 

For further reading:

Andrejevic, M. (2003). Reality TV: The work of being watched. New York: Rowman & Littlefield.

Balkin, K. (Ed.). (2004). Reality TV. New York: Greenhaven.

Bignell, J.  (2006).  Big brother: Reality TV in the twenty-first century.  New York: Palgrave.

Biressi, A., & Nunn, H.  (2005).  Reality TV: Realism and revelation.  New York: Wallflower Press.

Brenton, S., & Cohen, R. (2003). Shooting people: Adventures in reality TV. London: Verso.

Friedman, J. (Ed.). (2002). Reality squared: Televisual discourse on the real.
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.

Hill, A.  (2005).  Reality TV: Factual entertainment and television audiences.  New York: Routledge.

Holmes, S.  (2004).   Understanding reality television.  New York: Routledge.

Hoerschelmann, O.  (2006).  Rules of the game: Quiz shows and American culture.  Albany, NY: SUNY Press.

King, G.  (Ed.).  (2005).  The spectacle of the real: From Hollywood to “reality” TV and beyond.  London: Intellect.

Murray, S., & Ouellette, L. (2004). Reality TV: Remaking television culture. New York: New York University Press.

Ryan, S.  (2006).  The ultimate TV game show book. New York: Volt Press.

Smith, M., & Wood, A. (2003). Survivor lessons: Essays on communication and reality television. New York: McFarland.

 


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