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Reality Effect

Reality Effect is a theoretical construct in Documentary Theory that denotes the deliberate use of stylistic and rhetorical techniques to simulate authenticity, thereby persuading audiences of a documentary’s factual accuracy and unmediated representation of real-world events.

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114

Authors

64

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

11

Variants

L'effet De Réel

Parents

Publications

61

Paradox and the Consumption of Authenticity through Reality Television

Randall L. Rose, Stacy Wood · Journal of Consumer Research · 2005 · 469 citations

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Development of beliefs about storybook reality

Jacqueline D. Woolley, Victoria Cox · Developmental Science · 2007 · 148 citations

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Autistic Hostility and Social Reality

Theodore M. Newcomb · Human Relations · 1947 · 125 citations

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French Literary Theory Today: A Reader

Tzvetan Todorov, R. Carter · Poetics Today · 1983 · 120 citations

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Comic book visualities: a methodological manifesto on geography, montage and narration

Jason Dittmer · Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers · 2010 · 118 citations

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Authors

114

  1. AI
    Amy I. Nathanson

    The Ohio State University, United States

    2 publications · 130 citations

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  2. KW
    Kimberly Wright Cassidy

    Bryn Mawr College, United States

    2 publications · 49 citations

    2

    h-index

  3. BL
    Barry L. Siegel

    University of Chicago, United States

    1 publications · 17 citations

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  4. RS
    Rachel Sagner Buurma

    Swarthmore College, United States

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  5. JL
    Joshua L. Rabinowitz

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    1 publications · 22 citations

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Institutions

64

  1. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    204 citations

  2. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    238 citations

  3. New York University

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    43 citations

  4. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    250 citations

  5. Blekinge Institute of Technology

    Karlskrona, Sweden

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

  6. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    28 citations

  7. University of Virginia

    Charlottesville, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    122 citations

  8. City University of Hong Kong

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 3 publications · 170 citations

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 3 publications · 41 citations

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  3. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association

    JAPA · 2 publications · 23 citations

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  4. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    2 publications · 111 citations

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  5. Developmental Psychology

    2 publications · 49 citations

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