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Autore: Deery June Visualizza persona
Titolo: Reality TV / / June Deery Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Cambridge, England ; ; Malden, Massachusetts : , : Polity, , 2015
©2015
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (369 p.)
Disciplina: 791.45
791.45309
Soggetto topico: Reality television programs - History and criticism
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
Titolo autorizzato: Reality TV  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-7456-9042-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910157455503321
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Serie: Key concepts in media and cultural studies.