Документалност и развлечение
Documentarism and entertainment

Summary/Abstract: Documentarism is a dominant gene in TV nature. The ‘participation effect‘ on the scene has been part of the immanent specifics of the e-media ever since their advent. It is believed to protect major civil liberties because of ensuring publicity to the processes going in the society and allowing for investigative journalism and media control. The development of technologies and media markets during last decades, however, established the phenomenon of the ‘reality format’, which, in its essence, is a transformation of documentarism into a popular entertainment, replacing its civil significance. This transformation is subject to an overview and analysis in this article.

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