Real Talk: Reality Television and Discourse Analysis in Action

Abstract

Introduction PART I: THE REALITY OF DISCOURSE AND DISCOURSE ANALYSIS: THEORY, APPROACHES, PRACTICES 1. The Discourse of Reality Television Nuria Lorenzo-Dus and Pilar Garces-Conejos Blitvich 2. Discourse Analysis Approaches to the Study of Reality Television Nuria Lorenzo-Dus and Pilar Garces-Conejos Blitvich PART II: REALITY TELEVISION AND IDENTITY 3. How 'Real' is Reality Television in China? On the Success of a Chinese Dating Programme Chris Shei 4. The (inter)play of Nationality, Religiosity and Gender: Textual Mechanisms for the Rich Representation of Israeli Identity on a Reality Race Gamedoc Michal Hamo 5. 'There's no harm, is there, in letting your emotions out': A Multimodal Perspective on Language, Emotion and Identity Monika Bednarek 6. The Aesthetics of Poverty and Crime on Argentinean Reality Television Laura Pardo 7. Heroic Endeavours: Flying High in New Zealand Reality Television Philippa Smith PART III: REALITY TELEVISION AND AGGRESSION 8. (Im)politeness and Exploitative TV in Britain and North America: The X Factor and American Idol Jonathan Culpeper and Oliver Holmes 9. Impoliteness in US/UK Talent Shows: A Diachronic Study of the Evolution of a Genre Nuria Lorenzo-Dus, Patricia Bou-Franch and Pilar Garces-Conejos Blitvich 10. 'No eres inteligente ni para tener amigos... Pues anda que tu' ['You are not even clever enough to have any friends... Look who's talking!']: A Quantitative Analysis of the Production and Reception of Impoliteness in Present-day Spanish Reality Television Jose Luis Blas Arroyo 11. 'You are killing your kids': Understanding Impoliteness on a Family-health-makeover Reality TV Show Cynthia Gordon 12. Moments of tTruth: Telling it Like it is on the Jeremy Kyle Show Andrew Tolson Index