Reality TV

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-7456-5242-9
Verlag: Polity Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 1, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 211 mm, Gewicht: 386 g

Reihe: PCPS - Polity Key Concepts in Philosophy series

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Deery, June

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Mediengeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Fernsehen & Rundfunk
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Medientheorie, Medienanalyse
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Digitale Medien, Internet, Telekommunikation
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
1. Introduction: Definitions, History, Critiques
2. Reality Status
3. Social Television: Reality TV and New Media
4. Advertising and Commercialization
5. Gender and Race
6. Class
7. Politics
Notes
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

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.