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GENRE  – Categorising Texts Reality TV

Sorting Task

Firstly, number the shows across the sheet – starting 1,2,3 then on the next row 4,5,6until you get to 30.In pairs groups, group and re-group the show titles you have been given in as manydifferent ways as possible (minimum 4).

FOR EACH CATEGORY YOU CHOOSE : when you have decided on a category anddecided which shows fit into each, write these up either on paper, in your sketchbooks oron a WORD document showing the titles of the categories and the numbers of the showsyou have put in that category. For example: BBC = 3,5,8,9 (These are made up  – so don’ t use them!!) Add a few notes for each category you cover giving your thoughts andexperiences of working with that category – e.g. Was it easy to use? Harder? Why?

Secondly, you should then draw on what you have learned through doing the activity andon your own experiences of TV to come up with your own 20-word definition of thereality TV genre.

You could think about some of the following groupings: HELP 

 – Scheduling categories Time of day; day of week; broadcaster – terrestrial vs digital, BBCvs commercial

 – Formats and structure of show 30mins, 60mins; series or serial format; spin-offprogramming; website-linked; part of a larger franchise

 – Themes Talent shows; workplace-related; relationship-focused; health and well-being-themed; celebrity, environmental; educational; consumer; surveillance; etc

 – Presentation format Hosted, voiceover, panel-based, personality-led, celebrity-presented

 – Locations Studio-based, on location; in purpose-built accommodation

 – Interactivity Role of audience – in studio context; voting processes; incentives toparticipate

 – Source of income PSB-funded; revenue from voting process; sponsorship; advertiser-support, etc

 – Target audience By age, gender, class, ethnicity, interest

 – Old or new shows (before or after the ‘digital revolution’) 

 – any titles which seem to cross a range of different types of show, or are hard tocategorise by content – any titles which don’t seem to fit in with the other titles or with theirdeveloping awareness of the genre.