Reality TV / June Deery.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Deery, June, author.

Series:

Key concepts in media and cultural studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reality television programs--History and criticism.

Reality television programs.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

vi, 200 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2015.

Summary:

"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 and commercialization, and its spearheading of new relations between television and social media. To dismiss this programming as trivial is easy. Deery demonstrates that reality television merits serious attention and her incisive analysis will interest students in media studies, cultural studies, politics, sociology, and anyone who is simply curious about this global phenomenon."--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Introduction: definitions, history, critiques

Reality status

Social television: reality TV and new media

Advertising and commercialization

Gender and race

Class

Politics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-188) and index.

ISBN:

9780745652436

0745652433

9780745652429

0745652425

OCLC:

890107354