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      (Re)contextualising audience receptions of reality TV

      Michelle, Carolyn
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      Michelle, C. (2009). (Re)contextualising audience receptions of reality TV. Participations: Journal of Audience and Reception Studies, 6(1), 137-170.
      Permanent Research Commons link: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/3357
      Abstract
      This paper seeks to recontextualise key findings from recent studies of reality TV audiences in light of insights drawn from across the wider field. It suggests that modes of engagement and response adopted by different reality TV audiences appear broadly consistent with those identified in relation to a wide variety of genres viewed in diverse national contexts, as charted in the Composite Multi-dimensional Model of audience reception (Michelle 2007). To further illustrate these parallels, this paper analyses online audience responses to a specific event that occurred during the 2006 reality game show, Rock Star: Supernova, applying the Composite Multi-dimensional Model as its conceptual schema. In so doing, this paper seeks to demonstrate how we might move beyond the traditional focus on specificities of genre and format to recognise and begin to theorise broader continuities in the nature of audience engagement that may persist beyond the transition to new, hybrid, and increasingly interactive media formats.
      Date
      2009-05
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      Journal Article
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      University of Wales
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      This article is published in: Participations: Journal of Audience and Reception Studies. © Copyright 2009 Carolyn Michelle.
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