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BETTER LIVING THROUGH REALITY TV
TELEVISION AND POST-WELFARE CITIZENSHIP |
| By: |
James Hay, Laurie Ouellette |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£84.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1405134402 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781405134408 |
| Publisher: |
JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
8 January, 2008 |
| Pages: |
264 |
| Description: |
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. |
| Synopsis: |
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 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 |
| Illustrations: |
Illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd) |
| Returns: |
Returnable |