Big brother under surveillance : interrogating reality television

I argue against an outright dismissal of so-called reality shows as unreal television set-ups by interrogating how so-colled realness is performed within the context of Big Brother 2, a reality-based game show. Research is conducted on the production set in Randburg, Johannesburg, over a period of seven weeks. A variety of research methods participant observation, semi-structured interviews, informal conversations-and informants-are employed.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Social Anthropology

Year dc:date.issued

2003

Author dc:creator

• Van Heerden, Esther

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Fordred-Green, Lesley

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5945

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/5945