{"product_id":"reality-tv-remaking-television-culture-9780814757345","title":"Reality TV: Remaking Television Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of eight essays that parse out the seemingly unprecedented rise of reality television\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Apprentice. Project Runway. The Bachelor. My Life on the D-list. Extreme Makeover. American Idol. It is virtually impossible to turn on a television without coming across some sort of reality programming. Yet, while this genre has rapidly moved from the fringes of television culture to its lucrative core, critical attention has not kept pace. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeginning by unearthing its historical roots in early reality shows like Candid Camera and wending its way through An American Family and The Real World to the most recent crop of reality programs, \u003cb\u003eReality TV\u003c\/b\u003e, now updated with eight new essays, is one of the first books to address the economic, visual, cultural, audience, and new media dimensions of reality television and has become the standard in the field. The essays provide a complex and comprehensive picture of how and why this genre emerged, what it means, how it differs from earlier television programming, and how it engages societies, industries, and individuals. Topics range from the blending of fact and fiction, to the uses of viewer labor and \"interactivity,\" to issues of surveillance, gender performativity, hyper-commercialism, and generic parody. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy spanning reality television's origins in the late 1940s to its current overwhelming popularity, \u003cb\u003eReality TV\u003c\/b\u003e demonstrates both the tenacity of the format and its enduring ability to speak to our changing political and social desires and anxieties.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Murray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814757345\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMurray, Susan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eSusan Murray\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Media, Culture and Communication at New York University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eHitch Your Antenna to the Stars: Early Television and Broadcast Stardom\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOuellette, Laurie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eLaurie Ouellette\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota, where she teaches media and cultural studies. She writes about television, media culture, social theory, and consumer culture, and is the co-author of Better Living Through Reality TV: Television and Post-Welfare Citizenship and editor of A Companion to Reality Television, among other books.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40414644994163,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":45.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_d878f3a3-ad6a-4ac1-a3a4-5bc051156410.jpg?v=1662213158","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/reality-tv-remaking-television-culture-9780814757345","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}