1. The evolution of reality TV:
Reality television then and now
The documentary roots of Survivor / Daniel Roberts (Berfrois.com, September 26, 2012)
Jeffrey Ruoff's An American family: a televised life : reviewing the roots of reality television / Jason Landrum (Film and history, May 2002)
Obsessive repulsive / Will Self (New statesman, May 14, 2012)
What's right with reality TV / James Poniewozik (Time, February 22, 2010)
2. 15 minutes: celebrity culture and reality stars:
Reality television
Dreaming a dream : Susan Boyle and celebrity culture / Su Homes (Velvet light trap, Spring 2012)
Baby mamas / Feifei Sun (Time, July 18, 2011)
Reality shows pay with resuscitated careers / Andrew Gumbel (The WRAP TV, March 17, 2009)
"This was my worst nightmare" : The Bachelor's Emily / Monica Rizzo (People, July 11, 2011)
Why I walked away / Charlotte Triggs, Monica Rizzo, Gabrielle Olya (Time, December 12, 2011)
5 worst things about reality television / Jessica Harpe, Brenna Rushing (Dallas morning news, October 4, 2012)
3. Consuming reality:
Reality
Factual entertainment and reality TV / Daniel Beck, Lea C. Hellmueller, Nina Aeschbacher (Communication research trends (June 2012)
My strange addiction / Emily Nussbaum (New Yorker, August 13, 2012)
Why reality TV doesn't suck, and may even make us smarter / Grant McCracken (Wired, October 4, 2012)
Reality television sets detestable, harmful example for all viewers / Darrington Clark (kstatecollegian.com, September 7, 2012)
The real effects of reality TV / Micki Fahner (USA Today, April 18, 2012)
Simply irresistible : reality TV consumption patterns / Lisa K. Lundy, Amanda M. Ruth, Travis D. Park (Communication quarterly, May 2008)
4. The play on realism:
Rough-cut reality
Unreality TV : how the ubiquitous genre actually misrepresents life / Eric Miller (Christian today, February 2006)
Living on camera / Tim Stack, Jennifer Armstrong, Lindsay Soll (Entertainment weekly, August 8, 2008)
Real or rigged? : American Idol, Jonathan Antoine, and fake reality TV / Jennifer Grassman (Washington times, April 27, 2012)
Live from the Ministry of Truth : how 'real' are reality soaps? / Lawrence Hill, Robyn Quin (Metro magazine, Winter 2003)
Mom & pop culture : the reality of reality TV parenting / Avital Norman Nathman (Bitch, December 15, 2001)
Reality TV isn't real, and why viewers don't care / Gavin Polone (NYMag.com, July 19, 2012)
5. Reality Identities:
We are what we watch
Reality TV finally gets personal with gay men again / Jamie Maurer (AFTERELTON, December 16, 2010)
Are reality television shows good for Black America? / John B. Landers (Regal magazine, October 8, 2009)
Reality bites / Max Berlinger (Out magazine, September 25, 2012)
The reality of the "All-American Muslim" reality TV show / Wajahat Ali (The Guardian, November 17, 2011)
A taste for trash : a conversation about reality TV / Eve Blanzo, (College Hill independent, April 21, 2011)
Push girls : the real spokeswomen of LA / Chet Cooper (Ability, August-September, 2012)
6. The business of reality television:
The real business of reality
Home economics / James Poniewozik (Time, June 25, 2007)
Schlock and Awwww / Jon Mooallem (Mother Jones, November/December 2007)
The situation for reality TV stars? : money, honey / T.L. Stanley (Los Angeles times, October 18, 2011)
With reality TV, is Southie about to be New Jerseyed? / Billy Baker (Boston globe, July 29, 2012)
Does getting laid off make for compelling reality TV? / Dina Gachman (Forbes, September 9, 2012)
Reality TV shows teach a lot about money / Ellen Roseman (Moneyville.ca, March 25, 2012)
How much are financial reality TV stars paid, and does it interfere with reality? / Amanda L. Grossman (Houston chronicle (Monday, August 29, 2011).