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Reality TV: The Work of Being Watched (Critical Media Studies)

By Mark Andrejevic

Book information

Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Year
2003
ISBN
0742527484, 9780742527485, 0742527476, 9780742527478, 9780585482903
LCC
PN1992.8.R43 A53 2004
Open Library ID
OL3673912M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
17 MB (17928208 bytes)
Pages
264\264
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

Drawing on cultural theory and interviews with fans, cast members and producers, this book places the reality TV trend within a broader social context, tracing its relationship to the development of a digitally enhanced, surveillance-based interactive economy and to a savvy mistrust of mediated reality in general. Surveying several successful reality TV formats, the book links the rehabilitation of 'Big Brother' to the increasingly important economic role played by the work of being watched. The author enlists critical social theory to examine how the appeal of 'the real' is deployed as a pervasive but false promise of democratization.

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