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Book Synopsis
Every day millions watch, vote and critique reality programs in print and online. June Deery examines why this has programming proven to be so popular and so tenacious.

Trade Review
"This vibrant, accessible book provides an up-to-date synthesis of current patterns in and thinking about reality TV. Ranging across cutting-edge topics such as new media, commercialization, identity markers and politics, this illuminating study draws on an eye-popping array of programmes to argue that reality television is less a style than an ontology."
Misha Kavka, The University of Auckland

"Taking reality television seriously as "staged actuality," Deery presents a clear way to understand this phenomenon of the past twenty years through a seemingly inexhaustible knowledge of the programs and the scholarship on them. This is a great text for students and viewers alike."
Vicki Mayer, Tulane University

Table of Contents
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

Reality TV

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      Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Published 13 March 2015
      ISBN-13 9780745652429
      978-0745652429
      ISBN-10 0745652425
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      Television

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Every day millions watch, vote and critique reality programs in print and online. June Deery examines why this has programming proven to be so popular and so tenacious.

      Trade Review
      "This vibrant, accessible book provides an up-to-date synthesis of current patterns in and thinking about reality TV. Ranging across cutting-edge topics such as new media, commercialization, identity markers and politics, this illuminating study draws on an eye-popping array of programmes to argue that reality television is less a style than an ontology."
      Misha Kavka, The University of Auckland

      "Taking reality television seriously as "staged actuality," Deery presents a clear way to understand this phenomenon of the past twenty years through a seemingly inexhaustible knowledge of the programs and the scholarship on them. This is a great text for students and viewers alike."
      Vicki Mayer, Tulane University

      Table of Contents
      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

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