The Politics of Reality Television : Global Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9780415588249 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 240 str.

Marwan M. Kraidy;Katherine Sender;¬Abar

Opis

While the industrial history of the global migrations of reality television is well established, there has been less consideration of the theoretical & methodological implications of this expansion. This book considers ways in which these migrations test our understanding of reality television across the globe.

Recenzje

'... fascinating reading.' - POV

Spis treści

@contents: Selected Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction: Migrating Genres, Travelling Participants, Shifting Theories Katherine Sender PART 1: PRODUCING IDENTITY Introduction Keren Tenenboim-Weinblatt  Chapter 2. Real-izing Exploitation Mark Andrejevic  Chapter 3. When Reality TV is a Job Francois Jost  Chapter 4. Just Be Yourself – Only More So: Ordinary Celebrity in the Era of Self-Service Television Laura Grindstaff  PART 2: LABORING THE SELF  Introduction Adrienne Shaw  Chapter 5. Governing Bodies Gareth Palmer  Chapter 6. Globalizing Lifestyles? Makeover Television in Singapore Tania Lewis  Chapter 7. Reacting to Reality TV: The affective economy of an "extended social/public realm" Helen Wood and Beverly Skeggs  PART 3: PERFORMING THE NATION  Introduction Oren Livio  Chapter 8. Commercial Nationalism on Balkan Reality Television Zala Volcic and Mark Andrejevic  Chapter 9. World Citizens ‘a la Française’: Star Academy and the Negotiations of ‘French’ Identities Fabienne Darling-Wolf  Chapter 10. Reality Television and the Making of Mobile Publics: The Case of Indian Idol Aswin Punathambekar  PART 4: MIGRATING ECONOMIES  Introduction Tara Liss-Marino  Chapter 11. New Industry Dynamics: Lessons From Reality TV in Norway Yngvar Kjus  Chapter 12. Continental Reality Television and the Expansion of South African Capital Sean Jacobs  Chapter 13. Making Populations Appear Nick Couldry  Chapter 14. Reality Television in New Worlds Marwan M. Kraidy