Lore Oxford is a cultural theorist and strategist. She's also the author of Substack column 'Why tho?', where she writes about internet culture and the adoption of Web3.

Gen Z (born 1997-2010)

Communications

Media and Entertainment

TV, film, and social media video

Publishing

Home tech

Hotels and holidays

'Are Reality Shows Real?', SlideShare

'Reality TV by the Numbers', netdna-cdn.com

'Tantalized by Train Wreck Reality Television', Psychology Today

'Why reality TV works', The Observer

'Fran Tops List of Britons Playing the Fame Game', Daily Record

'Fake breasts, fake tan, fake storylines?', The Independent

'Consuming reality : the commercialization of factual entertainment', June Deery

'Space Is Now a Reality TV Show', The Atlantic

'ITV ready to make a Splash with Tom Daley reality show', The Guardian

'TV tweets: Twitter partners with networks to make live TV fun... and profitable', The Verge

'Study: 72% Of Consumers Trust Online Reviews As Much As Personal Recommendations', Search Engine Land

'Nielsen: Global Consumers' Trust in 'Earned' Advertising Grows in Importance', Nielsen

'Updated: Red Bull Stratos On YouTube Live Topped 8 Million Concurrent Views', Forbes

'No more heroes', Canvas8

'Real to me: Girls and Reality TV', Girl Scouts

'Coca-Cola Content 2020 Part One', YouTube

With social media opening up million of little windows into the lives of others, reality TV expanding into new frontiers like space travel, and people growing savvier about what's real and what's not – what does the future of reality culture hold?

Real emotion: the rise of reality culture