SOSC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Iconicity, Kim Kardashian, Voyeurism
19 Oct 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Merging characters/actors and reality/fiction: exhibitions and the veridicality effect . Potential to convert life into reality programming. Extension of vlogging, live tweeting, and other social media practices. Raises a number of legal and ethical concerns. Film of honey moon with his wife. Ancestors to reality media 3: cops ( verite wiseman (68)-> cops (93) -> drunk. What make you believe this is reality media, this is not a drama shaky cameras, shutting, scrumming, polyphony, interfere, Agents: non-professional actors, actors playing themselves, unwitting or unwilling actors. Scenes: actual locations, whether encountered or contrived. Agency: use of available resources various forms of disclosure. Purpose: revealed through various forms of disclosure (interviews, the confessional , and action) The authenticity question: rose and wood"s 3 paradoxes. Paradox of situations: audiences negotiate the blend or real and fictional in reality media; a balance between fly on the wall (e. g. wiseman) and total fictional construction is values.
