The politics of reality television : global perspectives / edited by Marwan M. Kraidy and Katherine Sender.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kraidy, Marwan M., 1972-

Sender, Katherine.

Series:

Shaping inquiry in culture, communication and media studies.

Shaping inquiry in culture, communication and media studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reality television programs--Political aspects.

Reality television programs.

Physical Description:

xi, 225 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Politics of Reality Television encompasses an international selection of expert contributions who consider the specific ways media migrations test our understanding of, and means of investigating, reality television across the globe. The book addresses a wide range of topics, including: the global circulation and local adaptation of reality television formats and franchisesthe production of fame and celebrity around hitherto ""ordinary"" peoplethe transformation of self under the public eyethe tensions betw

Contents:

Introduction : migrating genres, travelling participants, shifting theories / Katherine Sender

Producing identity. Introduction / Keren Tenenboim-Weinblatt

Real-izing exploitation / Mark Andrejevic

When reality TV is a job / Francois Jost

Just be yourself

only more so : ordinary celebrity in the era of self-service television / Laura Grindstaff

Laboring the self. Introduction / Adrienne Shaw

Governing bodies / Gareth Palmer

Globalizing lifestyles? makeover television in Singapore / Tania Lewis

Reacting to reality TV : the affective economy of an "extended social/public realm" / Helen Wood and Beverly Skeggs

Performing the nation. Introduction / Oren Livio

Commercial nationalism on Balkan reality television / Zala Volcic and Mark Andrejevic

World citizens "a la Francaise : Star academy and the negotiations of "French" identities / Fabienne Darling-Wolf

Reality television and the making of mobile publics : the case of Indian idol / Aswin Punathambekar

Migrating economies. Introduction / Tara Liss-Marino

New industry dynamics : lessons from reality TV in Norway / Yngvar Kjus

Continental reality television and the expansion of South African capital / Sean Jacobs

Making populations appear / Nick Couldry

Reality television in new Worlds / Marwan Kraidy.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9786613038302

9781136913884

1136913882

9781136913891

1136913890

9781283038300

1283038307

9780203843567

0203843568

OCLC:

798533004