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

Reality TV: The Work of Being Watched (Critical Media Studies) (Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture)
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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.
Country USA
Brand Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Manufacturer Rowman & Littlefield
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 0742527484_used
ReleaseDate 2003-10-07
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780742527485

Country	USA
Brand	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Manufacturer	Rowman & Littlefield
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	0742527484_used
ReleaseDate	2003-10-07
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780742527485

Reality TV: The Work of Being Watched (Critical Media Studies) (Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture)