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I want to change my life : can reality tv competition shows trigger lasting career success? / by Barrie Gunter.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gunter, Barrie, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Career development--Case studies.
- Career development.
- Mass media and culture-england--England.
- Mass media and culture-england.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Competition talent shows have been among the most popular on television in the 21st century. The producers of these shows claim to give ordinary people extraordinary opportunities to change their lives by showcasing a specific skill leading to a new career trajectory. Most participants will claim that they entered to get a big break and to develop a career they have always dreamed of. To what extent do these shows deliver on such promises? Following through what happens to leading contestant...
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 26, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 1-4438-6474-9
- OCLC:
- 885123134
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