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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 today’s programming, and on broader social, cultural and political trendsDraws on a range of examples from The Apprentice and American Idol to Extreme Makeover and Wife SwapArgues that reality television teaches viewers to monitor, motivate, improve, transform and protect themselves in the name of freedom, enterprise, and personal responsibility
ASIN : 1405134410
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell; 1st edition (January 29, 2008)
Language : English
Paperback : 264 pages
ISBN-10 : 9781405134415
ISBN-13 : 978-1405134415
Item Weight : 13.3 ounces
Dimensions : 6.02 x 0.58 x 9.02 inches
