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Better Living through Reality TV: Television and Post-Welfare Citizenship

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Better Living through Reality TV: Television and Post-Welfare Citizenship
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Combining cutting-edge theories of culture and government with programming examplesâ€”including Todd TV, Survivor, and American Idolâ€”Better Living through Reality TV moves beyond the established concerns of political economy and cultural studies to conceptualize television's evolving role in the contemporary period.
- A major textbook on the impact of reality and lifestyle television on todayâ€™s programming, and on broader social, cultural and political trends
- Draws on a range of examples from The Apprentice and American Idol to Extreme Makeover and Wife Swap
- Argues that reality television teaches viewers to monitor, motivate, improve, transform and protect themselves in the name of freedom, enterprise, and personal responsibility
Country USA
Brand Wiley-Blackwell
Manufacturer Wiley-Blackwell
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber black & white illustrations, figures
ReleaseDate 2008-01-08
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781405134415

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