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[email protected] https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/ ORIGINAL RESEARCH published: 02 August 2019 doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2019.00059 Love Island, Social Media, and Sousveillance: New Pathways of Challenging Realism in Reality TV Xavier L’Hoiry* Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom This paper explores the changing nature of audience participation and active viewership in the context of Reality TV. Thanks to the ongoing rise of social media, fans of popular entertainment programmes continue to be engaged in new and innovative ways across a number of platforms as part of an ever-expanding interactive economy.