{"product_id":"better-living-through-reality-tv-television-and-post-welfare-citizenship-paperback-softback-9781405134415","title":"Better Living through Reality TV; Television and Post-Welfare Citizenship (Paperback \/ softback) 9781405134415","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\"\u003e9781405134415, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 8 January 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e264 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.3 x 1.5 cm, 0.381 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\"\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 finally 'gets real'.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003ci\u003eNick Couldry\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\"\u003eList of Illustrations. \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Charity TV: Privatizing Care, Mobilizing Compassion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. TV Interventions: Personal Responsibility and Techniques of the Self.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Makeover TV: Labors of Reinvention.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. TV and the Self-Defensive Citizen.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. TV's Constitutions of Citizenship.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Playing TV's Democracy Game.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\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":52475098923288,"sku":"9781405134415","price":29.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405134415.jpg?v=1785805127","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/better-living-through-reality-tv-television-and-post-welfare-citizenship-paperback-softback-9781405134415","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}