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Better Living Through Television

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Better Living Through Television

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Combining cutting-edge theories of culture and government with programming examples-including Todd TV, Survivor, and American Idol-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 today'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
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
262
Release Date:
2008-01-08
Publication Date:
2008-01-21
Publisher:
Wiley-Blackwell
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1405134410
ISBN13:
9781405134415
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Weight:
385 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
14 cm

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