LEADER 03573nam 2200553 450 001 9910157455503321 005 20230807213727.0 010 $a0-7456-9042-4 035 $a(CKB)3710000000361073 035 $a(EBL)1956426 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001438660 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12547871 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001438660 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11378273 035 $a(PQKB)10676714 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1956426 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000361073 100 $a20160808h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReality TV /$fJune Deery 210 1$aCambridge, England ;$aMalden, Massachusetts :$cPolity,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (369 p.) 225 1 $aKey Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7456-5242-5 311 $a0-7456-5243-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $aThe 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 327 $aMiddle classNouveau riche; Upper class; Conclusion; Notes; 7. Politics; Neoliberalism and governmentality; Surveillance; Globalism; Nationalism; Democratization; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index; End User License Agreement 330 $a Reality TV has changed television and changed reality, even if we are not among the millions who watch. Written for a broad audience, this accessible overview addresses questions such as: How real is reality TV? How do its programs represent gender, sex, class, and race? How does reality TV relate to politics, to consumer society, to surveillance? What kind of ethics are on display? Drawing on current media research and the author's own analysis, this study encompasses the history and evolution of reality television, its production of reflexive selves and ordinary celebrity, its advertising 410 0$aKey concepts in media and cultural studies. 606 $aReality television programs$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aReality television programs$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a791.45 676 $a791.45309 700 $aDeery$b June$0166129 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910157455503321 996 $aReality TV$92882199 997 $aUNINA