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255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-244) and index. |
| Contents |
Charity TV : privatizing care, mobilizing compassion -- TV interventions : personal responsibility and techniques of the self -- Makeover TV : labors of reinvention -- TV and the self-defensive citizen -- TV's constitutions of citizenship -- Playing TV's democracy game. |
| Summary |
"Combining cutting-edge theories of culture and government with programming examples -- including Todd TV, Survivor, and American Idol -- Better Living through Reality TV moves beyond the established concerns of political economy and cultural studies to conceptualize television's evolving role in the contemporary period. A major textbook on the impact of reality and lifestyle television on todays programming, and on broader social, cultural and political trends ; Draws on a range of examples from The Apprentice and American Idol to Extreme Makeover and Wife Swap ; Argues that reality television teaches viewers to monitor, motivate, improve, transform and protect themselves in the name of freedom, enterprise, and personal responsibility."--Publisher description. |
| Subject |
Reality television programs -- Social aspects.
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Reality television programs.
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Reality television programs. fast (OCoLC)fst01091252 |
| Alt Author |
Hay, James, 1952-
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| ISBN |
9781405134408 (hbk. ; alk. paper) |
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1405134402 (hbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9781405134415 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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1405134410 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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