The bizarre world of reality television /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Lenig, Stuart, author.
Imprint:	Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2017]
Description:	1 online resource (ix, 332 pages.)
Language:	English
Subject:	Reality television programs -- United States -- History and criticism. Reality television programs. United States.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11351629

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ISBN:	9781440838552 (electronic bk.) 1440838550 (electronic bk.) 9781440838545 1440838542
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record.
Other form:	Online version: Lenig, Stuart. Bizarre world of reality television. Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, 2017 9781440838552 Original 9781440838545 1440838542

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Transformation: self-improvement, home improvement, and makeovers : The makeover and the modern narcissus
Competition and talent programming: chefs, singers, survivors, and every man for himself : The gamification of American culture
Friends, family, and frenemies: personal lives of people : Unfriending television: intersecting reality programming and the web
Finding the one(s): dating, matchmakers, and hooking up : A history of romance
International reality television: America's reach : Going global: reality programming on a world stage
Conclusion: reality's future.

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