The Drama of Reality Television

Lives of Youth in Liquid Modern Times
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-90-04-37664-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 17, 122 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 200 g

Reihe: Constructing Knowledge: Curriculum Studies in Action

In The Drama of Reality Television: Lives of Youth in Liquid Modern Times, the author offers a glimpse into the lives, viewing habits, and opinions of today’s Generation Z. While reality television is quite often viewed as just a guilty pleasure, the conversations that the author had with young people show that reality television is a major pedagogical force in the lives of young viewers.

This is compounded by our current liquid modern time period; a time in which everything is fluid, there are no solid bonds and people are disposable. The author shares the incredible conversations that she had with seven honest, insightful pre-teenagers to give us a deeper understanding of the ways in which just a ‘guilty pleasure’ is working to deeply impact the lives of young people.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ligocki, Danielle T.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Kinder- und Jugendpsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Fernsehen & Rundfunk
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Affektive, soziale und ethische Ziele in der Erziehung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction

1 Researcher Positionality

2 Focus of Research

3 Living in a Neoliberal Society

4 Living in a Liquid Society

5 Limitations

2 Liquid Modernity: What Is It and How Does It Play a Role in the Lives of Young People?

1 What Is Liquid Modernity?

2 Lack of Solid Bonds

3 Oversharing, Surveillance and the Lack of a Private Life

4 Disposability and a Culture of Consumption

5 Insensitivity

6 No Sense of Community and Disintegration of the Social Network

7 Why Liquid Modernity and Reality Television?

8 Critiques of Liquid Modernity

3 Critical Media Literacy and Reality Television

1 Reality Television

2 History of Reality Television

3 Implications of Reality Television

4 Need for Critical Media Literacy

4 It’s All about the Drama!

1 Jasmine

2 Malaysia

3 Brian

4 John

5 Marty

6 Brittany

7 Jake

8 Themes

9 Notion of Drama

10 Extent of Reality

11 Influence on Lives and Identities

12 Concept of Disposability

13 Creation of Media Selves

14 Emphasis on Stereotyping

15 Conclusion

5 Conclusion

1 What I Learned from the Research

2 Critical Recognition of Stereotypes

3 Looking Forward

4 Conclusion

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Danielle T. Ligocki, Ed.D. (2015), Lewis University, is an Assistant Professor of Education at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. She spent 11 years teaching junior high before joining Oakland University. She has published articles focused on her work with young people, including "Using the Algebra Classroom as a Site for Social Justice" (Journal of Critical Thought and Praxis, 2017).