Reality TV – Remaking Television Culture Murray Ouellette Paperback

Reality TVRemaking Television Culture\nAuthor(s): Susan Murray, Laurie Ouellette\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: New York University Press, United States\nImprint: New York University Press\nISBN-13: 9780814757345, 978-0814757345\nSynopsis\nA collection of eight essays that parse out the seemingly unprecedented rise of reality television\n The Apprentice. Project Runway. The Bachelor. My Life on the D-list. Extreme Makeover. American Idol. It is virtually impossible to turn on a television without coming across some sort of reality programming. Yet, while this genre has rapidly moved from the fringes of television culture to its lucrative core, critical attention has not kept pace.\n Beginning by unearthing its historical roots in early reality shows like Candid Camera and wending its way through An American Family and The Real World to the most recent crop of reality programs, Reality TV, now updated with eight new essays, is one of the first books to address the economic, visual, cu.