Reality TV set the tone for how we would behave on social media: Be emotional. Create drama. Share, share, and share some more. And be ready for instant celebrity. Show more
In the final episode of Watching Us, Jamie explains how reality TV produced a president, and the impact of living in a world where we share our lives online. Show more
Twenty years ago a TV show launched which changed history, revolutionising TV and transforming our ideas about truth, surveillance, technology and politics. The show was Big Brother. Show more
Big Brother reframed surveillance as entertainment, and we were too busy being amused to notice reality TV was a Trojan horse for a new kind of deal between us and the screen. Show more