Reality TV
The Work of Being Watched
1st Edition
Published on 8. September 2004
1 pages
979-8-8818-6642-6 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Mark Andrejevic is assistant professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Iowa.
Content
Chapter 1 1 Between the New Medium and the Old
Chapter 2 2 The Promise of the Digital Revolution
Chapter 3 3 Rediscovering Reality
Chapter 5 4 The Kinder, Gentler Gaze of Big Brother
Chapter 6 5 Access to the Real
Chapter 7 6 It's All About the Experience
Chapter 8 7 Reality TV and Voyeurism
Chapter 9 8 Survivor and Uncanny Capitalism
Chapter 10 Bibliography
Chapter 2 2 The Promise of the Digital Revolution
Chapter 3 3 Rediscovering Reality
Chapter 5 4 The Kinder, Gentler Gaze of Big Brother
Chapter 6 5 Access to the Real
Chapter 7 6 It's All About the Experience
Chapter 8 7 Reality TV and Voyeurism
Chapter 9 8 Survivor and Uncanny Capitalism
Chapter 10 Bibliography
