Reality TV : the work of being watched /

Reality TV : the work of being watched /

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Author / Creator:	Andrejevic, Mark, 1964-
Imprint:	Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2004.
Description:	x, 253 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Critical media studies Critical media studies.
Subject:	Reality television programs. Television broadcasting -- Social aspects. Reality television programs. Television broadcasting -- Social aspects. Reality television programs.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8391721

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ISBN:	0742527476 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780742527478 (cloth : alk. paper) 0742527484 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780742527485 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-240) and index.
Other form:	Online version: Andrejevic, Mark, 1964- Reality TV. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2004

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Summary:	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.
Physical Description:	x, 253 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-240) and index.
ISBN:	0742527476 9780742527478 0742527484 9780742527485