{"id":8137,"date":"2019-11-08T15:00:21","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T15:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/?p=8137"},"modified":"2020-01-14T10:05:33","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T10:05:33","slug":"dr-ruth-deller-reality-tv-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/dr-ruth-deller-reality-tv-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday 21 November – Lunchtime Seminar with Dr Ruth Deller (Reader in Media and Communication)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Title:<\/strong> Reality TV in the age of social media
\nSpeaker:<\/strong> Dr Ruth Deller (Reader in Media and Communication)<\/a><\/p>\n

Abstract<\/strong>
\nReality TV and social media are two of the biggest media phenomena of recent years. Both have been endlessly written about, commented on, celebrated and criticised in both academic and \u2018popular\u2019 discourse \u2013 not least for the potential they offer \u2018ordinary\u2019 people to interact with, and stake a claim in, the media environment. As we enter the third decade of the 21st century, the two have become increasingly \u2013 but not always comfortably – interlinked.<\/p>\n

A social media presence is no longer just an \u2018added extra\u2019 to broadcast shows, but an integral part of them. In this talk, Dr Deller will explore the strategies adopted by reality participants and programme makers to maintain the audience\u2019s attention in a cluttered media environment where viewers can be increasingly tempted away from traditional TV.<\/p>\n

Dr Deller will also argue that this leads to interesting tensions, where reality shows both capitalise on social media and treat it with some suspicion \u2013 only social media stars with \u2018genuine\u2019 talent or charisma will shine through on Drag Race or Strictly Come Dancing, whilst Catfish and The Circle play upon the idea that people can \u2018be anyone\u2019 online, but reality shows will uncover the \u2018truth\u2019. In this way, reality TV is trying to transfer previous criticisms made of it as fake and exploitative to these newer media, thus reinforcing the role of traditional media as \u2018gatekeepers\u2019 of truth and validity, even whilst they are fostering an apparently democratic and interactive environment.<\/p>\n

This talk is based on a chapter from Dr Deller’s book ‘Reality TV: The Television Phenomenon that Changed the World (Emerald)<\/em>‘, released this month.<\/p>\n

Biography<\/strong>
\nRuth Deller is a Reader in Media and Communication<\/a> at Sheffield Hallam University<\/a> (SHU), UK and an entertainment critic for outlets including Radio Sheffield and Broadway World. She has published widely on areas including factual TV, media representations and audience and fan studies and is on the editorial board of Celebrity Studies journal. Within SHU she is a member of the Faculty Research Ethics Committee, CCRC Steering Committee and Creating Knowledge conference team.<\/p>\n

1.00PM-2.00PM<\/strong>
\nTHURSDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2019<\/strong>
\nCANTOR 9129, CITY CAMPUS, SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY<\/strong><\/p>\n

See here<\/a> for details of other seminars in the series.<\/p>\n

All SHU staff and students are welcome to attend the C3RI Lunchtime Research Seminars. If you are from outside of the University and would like to attend a seminar, please email <\/a>the C3RI Administrator to arrange entry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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