Reality TV (Key Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies) - Hardcover

Deery, June

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0745652425 ISBN 13: 9780745652429

Publisher: Polity, 2015

Synopsis

Reality TV has changed television and changed reality, even if we are not among the millions who watch. Written for a broad audience, this accessible overview addresses questions such as:  How real is reality TV? How do its programs represent gender, sex, class, and race? How does reality TV relate to politics, to consumer society, to surveillance?  What kind of ethics are on display? Drawing on current media research and the author’s own analysis, this study encompasses the history and evolution of reality television, its production of reflexive selves and ordinary celebrity, its advertising and commercialization, and its spearheading of new relations between television and social media.

To dismiss this programming as trivial is easy. Deery demonstrates that reality television merits serious attention and her incisive analysis will interest students in media studies, cultural studies, politics, sociology, and anyone who is simply curious about this global phenomenon.

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About the Author

June Deery is an Associate Professor of Media Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She has been a Faculty Fellow at the National Association of Television Program Executives and currently serves as her department’s Graduate Program Director.

Edition details

• Publisher: Polity
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0745652425
• ISBN 13: 9780745652429
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192