Praise for the First Edition:
aOffers the most insightful and significant scholarly analysis
to date of the changes taking place in the economic aglobalizationa
of television production. A delight to read, laced with wit and
humor.a
--"Choice"
Praise for the Second Edition:
aProvides both the record of a strange moment in history and a
contribution to contemporary cultural politics. This second,
revised edition brings the story right up to the present with a
compelling blend of the ancient and the modern.a
--Toby Miller, editor of "Television & New Media"
"The Apprentice," "Project Runway," "The Bachelor," "My Life on
the D-list," "Extreme Makeover," "American Idol," It is virtually
impossible to turn on a television without coming across some sort
of reality programming. Yet, while this genre has rapidly moved
from the fringes of television culture to its lucrative core,
critical attention has not kept pace.
Beginning by unearthing its historical roots in early reality
shows like "Candid Camera" and wending its way through "An American
Family" and "The Real World" to the most recent crop of reality
programs, Reality TV, now updated with eight new essays, is one of
the first books to address the economic, visual, cultural,
audience, and new media dimensions of reality television and has
become the standard in the field. The essays provide a complex and
comprehensive picture of how and why this genre emerged, what it
means, how it differs from earlier television programming, and how
it engages societies, industries, and individuals. Topics range
from the blending of fact and fiction, to the uses of viewer labor
and ainteractivity, a to issues of surveillance, gender
performativity, hyper-commercialism, and generic parody.
By spanning reality televisionas origins in the late 1940s to
its current overwhelming popularity, Reality TV demonstrates both
the tenacity of the format and its enduring ability to speak to our
changing political and social desires and anxieties.
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