Engaging with Reality is framed by theories of globalization and delves into the development of a new global media culture. It also deals with theories of documentary genres and their social and cultural functions. It discusses cosmopolitanism and the role and forms of documentary in a new digital and global media culture. It will be essential reading for those looking to better understand documentary and the new transnational approach to modern media culture.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Documentary, contemporary society and media culture
Part 1: Globalization, documentary film and television
1. Globalization in a mediated world
2. Sociology and aesthetics of documentary genre
3. Engaging with and investigating reality: the social and political documentary
Part 2: War, terror and democracy: the post-9/11 documentary
4. Into the dark side: the politics of war
5. On the battleground: reporting and representing war
6. Behind the headlines: documentaries, war, terror and everyday life
Part 3: A new global order: political, social and cultural challenges
7. Politics and spin in a mediated world
8. A multicultural world: migration, culture and everyday life
9. Risk society: the environmental challenge
Conclusion: Cosmopolitan narratives: documentary in the new digital media culture
References
Index of names and titles
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