Docusoap

A documentary following
people in a
particular occupation or
location over a period of time.
Oxford (2016) Docusoap, in Oxford Dictionary.
Available at: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/
denition/english/docusoap?q=Docusoap (Accessed:
13 April 2016)

Conventions:
Real occupation and people,
dramatic, humors as times.

As the show Lizard Lick Towing focuses

on the lives of the lizard lick team,
giving us the audience insight into the
way they live and the way their job
works shows that it is a Docusoap.

truTV (2012) Lizard lick Towing - Amy beats up loser and his crew.
Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiN89YBe1lw
(Accessed: 18 April 2016).




Infotainment
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roadcast material which is
intended both to entertain and
to inform.

Bibliography
Oxford (2016) Infotainment, in Oxford Dictionary.
Available at: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/
denition/english/infotainment?q=Infotainment+
(Accessed: 13 April 2016).

Conventions:
To be factual, entertaining, fun,
based around a particular topic.

Deadly 60 educates and informs the

audience on dierent dangerous
animals, in an entertaining way.

BBC Earth (2014) Cheetahs play football - deadly 60 - series 3 - BBC.

Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfE5E1NLWoY
(Accessed: 18 April 2016).

Reality TV
Television programs in
which ordinary people
are continuously lmed,
designed to be
entertaining rather
than informative.
Oxford (2016) Reality TV, in Oxford Dictionary.
Available at: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/
denition/english/reality-tv?q=%E2%80%98Reality
%E2%80%99+TV (Accessed: 13 April 2016).

Conventions:
Informal, extremely
dramatized, entertaining,
break the 4th wall.

TOWIE shows the lives of ordinary

people from Essex, that involves lots of
drama and arguments which come
under the conventions of reality TV.

WooMedia (2016) The only way is Essex series 17 episode 9 | 26 march
2016. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=_mDGp5Mcgzw (Accessed: 18 April 2016).