Title: Reality TV /
Authors: Kavka, Misha.
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Reality television programs History and criticism.
Contents: Introduction: what is reality TV? -- Before reality TV: from Candid Camera to Family docs -- First-generation reality TV (1989-99): the camcorder era -- Second-generation reality TV (1999-2000): Surveillance and competition in Big Brother and Survivor -- The second generation comes of age (2001-5): challenge and transformation -- Third-generation reality TV (2002- ): economies of celebrity -- Legacies: the new MTV generation.