Reality TV / / June Deery

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910157455503321
• Autore: Deery June
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, England ; ; Malden, Massachusetts : , : Polity, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 0-7456-9042-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (369 p.)
• Collana: Key Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies
• Disciplina: 791.45; 791.45309
• Soggetti: Reality television programs - History and criticism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Definitions, History, Critiques; Is reality TV a genre?; Ethical concerns; Categorizing reality TV; History; Recent trends; Reality TV and fictional drama; Marketing and grammar; Scholarly approaches; Notes; 2. Reality Status; Defining reality TV; Real elements; Staged Elements; The attraction of the real; Reality TV and documentary; Theatrum mundi; Extra-ordinary; Reality TV and real life: three phases; Recent trends; Ordinary celebrity; Conclusion; Notes; 3. Social Television: Reality TV and New Media; The producer's roleViewer activity; Temporal dislocations; Multiple perspectives; Reunion implosion; Conclusion; Notes; 4. Advertising and Commercialization; Economics of production; Production staff; Participants; Integrated advertising; Product placement; Sponsors and donors; Web integration; Commodifying personal relationships; Consumer society; High consumption; Low consumption; Business opportunity; Conclusion; Notes; 5. Gender and Race; Self-as-project; Identity and consumption; Gender; Race; Conclusion; Notes; 6. Class; Class on reality TV; Working class; The American redneck; Middle classNouveau riche; Upper class; Conclusion; Notes; 7. Politics; Neoliberalism and governmentality; Surveillance; Globalism; Nationalism; Democratization; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index; End User License Agreement
• Sommario/riassunto: Reality TV has changed television and changed reality, even if we are not among the millions who watch. Written for a broad audience, this accessible overview addresses questions such as: How real is reality TV? How do its programs represent gender, sex, class, and race? How does reality TV relate to politics, to consumer society, to surveillance? What kind of ethics are on display? Drawing on current media research and the author's own analysis, this study encompasses the history and evolution of reality television, its production of reflexive selves and ordinary celebrity, its advertising