Reality TV

The Work of Being Watched

AvMark Andrejevic

Häftad, Engelska, 2003

Del i serien Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture

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Beskrivning

Drawing on cultural theory and interviews with fans, cast members and producers, this book places the reality TV trend within a broader social context, tracing its relationship to the development of a digitally enhanced, surveillance-based interactive economy and to a savvy mistrust of mediated reality in general. Surveying several successful reality TV formats, the book links the rehabilitation of 'Big Brother' to the increasingly important economic role played by the work of being watched. The author enlists critical social theory to examine how the appeal of 'the real' is deployed as a pervasive but false promise of democratization.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2003-10-07
Mått:156 x 230 x 20 mm
Vikt:399 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture
Antal sidor:264
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780742527485

Utforska kategorier

Medievetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Television inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Mark Andrejevic is assistant professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Iowa.

Recensioner i media

Why has the burst of interactivity celebrated by new media not led to an increase in democracy? In his brilliant analysis of reality television, Mark Andrejevic convincingly argues that surveillance accompanies the fun and flexibility of networked communications. Just like the faux 'stars' of reality TV, we seem all too willing to be watched, to see &ltU>and be seen&ltU>. This book is a major contribution to a critical theory of communicative capitalism....

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 1 Between the New Medium and the OldChapter 2 2 The Promise of the Digital RevolutionChapter 3 3 Rediscovering RealityChapter 5 4 The Kinder, Gentler Gaze of Big BrotherChapter 6 5 Access to the RealChapter 7 6 It's All About the ExperienceChapter 8 7 Reality TV and VoyeurismChapter 9 8 Survivor and Uncanny CapitalismChapter 10 Bibliography