TV talk shows.

Therapeutic Talk (history of TV talk shows, development of shock entertainment, therapy as classed)
Television Talk as Surveillance (governance, technologies of surveillance, trust)
Public Shaming (measuring working class bodies, locating profligate or immoral behaviours, class disgust)
Focus on examples such as The Jeremy Kyle Show and Judge Judy.
Key reading: Class Trust and Confessional Media in Austerity Britain by David Hill; The People’s Law versus Judge Judy Justice by Stephen Kohm; Discipline and Liberty: Television and Governance by Gareth Palmer.