Reality TV

The Work of Being Watched

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
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Author: Mark Andrejevic ISBN: 9780585482903
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Publication: September 8, 2004
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Language: English
Author: Mark Andrejevic
ISBN: 9780585482903
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publication: September 8, 2004
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Language: English

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.

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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.

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