Better living through reality TV : television and post-welfare citizenship
Drawing on a range of examples from 'The Apprentice' and 'American Idol' to 'Extreme Makeover' and 'Wife Swap', this book argues that reality television teaches viewers to monitor, motivate, improve, transform and protect themselves in the name of freedom, enterprise, and personal responsibility
Reality television programs
255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9781405134408, 9781405134415, 1405134402, 1405134410
122974176
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