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- Title
Determining Dimensions of Reality: A Concept Mapping of the Reality TV Landscape.
- Authors
Nabi, RobinL.
- Abstract
This research examines the dimensions underlying reality-based TV programs as a first step towards uncovering the reality programming subgroups that might exist in viewers' minds and the themes that might distinguish them. Two samples—one of students and one of city residents—engaged in a sorting task of 33 reality-based programs. Multidimensional scaling (MDS) indicated two underlying dimensions along which audiences think about reality TV (romance and competitiveness), which were supported by subsequent analyses. These findings both help frame future theoretically driven research on reality-based programming and offer insight into how research interested in the effects of programming themes might proceed.
- Subjects
REALITY television programs -- Social aspects; NONFICTION television programs; TELEVISION programs; MULTIDIMENSIONAL scaling; SCALING (Social sciences); PSYCHOMETRICS
- Publication
Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 2007, Vol 51, Issue 2, p371
- ISSN
0883-8151
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/08838150701307111