{"product_id":"better-living-through-reality-tv-television-and-post-welfare-citizenship-hardback-9781405134408","title":"Better Living through Reality TV; Television and Post-Welfare Citizenship (Hardback) 9781405134408","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBetter Living through Reality TV\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTelevision and Post-Welfare Citizenship\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBetter Living through Reality TV\u003c\/i\u003e achieves what cultural theory does at its best: a fascinating, insightful, and clear-eyed look at contemporary society as seen through the lens of pop culture.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e–Mark Andrejevic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\"With this book, reality TV scholarship finally 'gets real'.\"\u003cbr\u003e –\u003ci\u003eNick Couldry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLaurie Ouellette (Author), James Hay (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405134408, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 8 January 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.8 x 1.8 cm, 0.517 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“This book does not simply pay lip service to the claim that reality television is a democratic and populist force.” (\u003ci\u003eCommunication Booknotes Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, Jan.-Mar. 2009)  \u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eBetter Living\u003c\/i\u003e presents Foucault’s concept of govermentality in an accessible way as the authors combine this theoretical concept with rich textual examples from various reality TV shows. In fact, one of the strengths of \u003ci\u003eBetter Living\u003c\/i\u003e is the detailed examples that Ouellette and Hay provide to support their arguments.” (\u003ci\u003eJournal of the Communication Inquiry\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCombining cutting-edge theories of culture and government with programming examples—including \u003ci\u003eTodd TV\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSurvivor\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAmerican Idol\u003c\/i\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBetter Living through Reality TV\u003c\/i\u003e moves beyond the established concerns of political economy and cultural studies to conceptualize television's evolving role in the contemporary period.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA major textbook on the impact of reality and lifestyle television on today’s programming, and on broader social, cultural and political trends\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws on a range of examples from \u003ci\u003eThe Apprentice\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAmerican Idol\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eExtreme Makeover\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWife Swap\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eArgues that reality television teaches viewers to monitor, motivate, improve, transform and protect themselves in the name of freedom, enterprise, and personal responsibility\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Charity TV: Privatizing Care, Mobilizing Compassion 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 TV Interventions: Personal Responsibility and Techniques of the Self 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Makeover TV: Labors of Reinvention 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 TV and the Self-Defensive Citizen 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 TV’s Constitutions of Citizenship 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Playing TV’s Democracy Game 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 245\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52437767455000,"sku":"9781405134408","price":80.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405134408.jpg?v=1784938826","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/better-living-through-reality-tv-television-and-post-welfare-citizenship-hardback-9781405134408","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}