Have you wondered how reality tv shows are created? This week we decided to pull Emma Field for a chat to discuss and break down all things Love Island! We will be breaking down the cinematography and editing, hyperreality, the history of reality tv, gender representation, voyeurism and much more. We hope you enjoy!

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Works Cited:
Baudrillard & The Bachelor: Philosophies of Reality TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zEtalr5pEA
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L'Hoiry, Xavier. “Love Island, Social Media, and Sousveillance: New Pathways of Challenging Realism in Reality TV” - https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2019.00059/full
Love Island: Is Reality TV a Waste of Time? | Video Essay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q87uQAnsuxU
Murray, J. Following Two Contestant Suicides, The Problem of Love Island and "Hyperreal" Reality. https://medium.com/@julia.k.murray8/following-two-former-contestant-deaths-the-problem-of-love-island-trolling-and-hyperreal-1708eb6efacc
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