Reality television : merging the global and the local / Amir Hetsroni, editor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Hair, Dan.

Contributor:

Hetsroni, Amir.

Series:

Media and communications.

Media and communications : technologies, policies and challenges

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reality television programs--Social aspects.

Reality television programs.

Reality television programs--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (309 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2010.

Summary:

Reality television has become a world-wide phenomenon which has the capability to crossover cultural boundaries and appeal to distinctly different markets. This book reviews how reality TV has conquered the world and has the potential to remove successful dramatic genres from the prime-time line-up.

Contents:

Introduction

North America. Do you know who your friends are? an analysis of voting patterns and alliances on the reality television show survivor / Erich M. Hayes and Norah E. Dunbar

Reality television and computer-mediated identity: offline exposure and online behavior / Michael A. Stefanone, Derek Lackaff, and Devan Rosen

Europe. You'll see, you'll watch: the success of big brother in Post-Communist Bulgaria / Maria Raicheva-Stover

Gok Wan and the magical wardrobe / Gareth Palmer

Slovene reality television: the commercial re-inscription of the national / Zala Volcic and Mark Andrejevic

Talking about big brother: interpersonal communication about a controversial television format / Helena Bilandzic and Matthias R. Hastall

The Middle East. Reality vs. reality tv: news coverage in Israeli media at the time of reality tv / Dror Abend-David

Real love has no boundaries? dating reality tv shows between global format and local-cultural conflicts / Motti Neiger

The seal of culture in format adaptations: Singing for a dream on Turkish television / Sevilay Celenk

The praise and the critique of a nasty format: an analysis of the public discourse concerning reality tv in Israel / Amir Hetsroni

Cross-cultural studies. Performing the nation: a cross-cultural comparison of idol shows in four countries / Oren Livio

Mobile makeovers: global and local lifestyles and identities in reality formats / Tania Lewis

From reality tv to coaching tv: elements of theory and empirical findings towards understanding the genre / Jürgen Grimm

Reality nations: an international comparison of the historical reality genre / Emily West.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781613246757

1613246757

OCLC:

881405219