Ibrahim (2007) Flashcards
What does Ibrahim (2007) talk about?
Ibrahim talks about reality Tv and says there is liminal space between reality and fiction. He says that the popular attraction to make over programmes is bound with mythic and folkloric tradition in everyday culture. Mythic narratives in the form of tv play a role in sustaining common sense reality by bringing together incompatible elements. The transformative narrative in tv captivates the mythic space. The cinderella effect is woven into reality TV formats with positive outcomes and as solutions to socially constructed problems + anxieties. “Time is manipulated + manifested ‘before and after’” The transformative element is encoded (ideology) and demonstrates this ritualization, a representation of ritual
