The Politics of Reality Television: Global Perspectives (Shaping Inquiry in Culture, Communication and Media Studies)

The Politics of Reality Television encompasses an international selection of expert contributions who consider the specific ways media migrations test our understanding of, and means of investigating, reality television across the globe. The book addresses a wide range of topics, including: the global circulation and local adaptation of reality television formats and franchises the production of fame and celebrity around hitherto "ordinary" people the transformation of self under the public eye the tensions between fierce loyalties to local representatives and imagined communities bonding across regional and ethnic divides the struggle over the meanings and values of reality television across a range of national, regional, gender, class and religious contexts. This book will be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students on a range of Media and Television Studies courses, particularly those on the globalisation of television and media, and reality television. Introduction : migrating genres, travelling participants, shifting theories / Katherine Sender Producing identity. Introduction / Keren Tenenboim-Weinblatt Real-izing exploitation / Mark Andrejevic When reality TV is a job / Francois Jost Just be yourself only more so : ordinary celebrity in the era of self-service television / Laura Grindstaff Laboring the self. Introduction / Adrienne Shaw Governing bodies / Gareth Palmer Globalizing lifestyles? makeover television in Singapore / Tania Lewis Reacting to reality TV : the affective economy of an "extended social/public realm" / Helen Wood and Beverly Skeggs Performing the nation. Introduction / Oren Livio Commercial nationalism on Balkan reality television / Zala Volcic and Mark Andrejevic World citizens "a la Francaise : Star academy and the negotiations of "French" identities / Fabienne Darling-Wolf Reality television and the making of mobile publics : the case of Indian idol / Aswin Punathambekar Migrating economies. Introduction / Tara Liss-Marino New industry dynamics : lessons from reality TV in Norway / Yngvar Kjus Continental reality television and the expansion of South African capital / Sean Jacobs Making populations appear / Nick Couldry Reality television in new Worlds / Marwan Kraidy. Book Cover Title Copyright Contents List of figures and tables Notes on contributors Acknowledgements Permissions Chapter 1 Migrating genres, travelling participants, shifting theories Chapter 2 Real-izing exploitation Chapter 3 When reality TV is a job Chapter 4 Just be yourself – only more so: Ordinary celebrity in the era of self-service television Chapter 5 Governing bodies Chapter 6 Globalizing lifestyles?: Makeover television in Singapore Chapter 7 Reacting to reality TV: The a.ective economy of an “extended social/public realm” Chapter 8 Commercial nationalism on Balkan reality TV Chapter 9 World citizens “à la française”: Star Academy and the negotiation of “French” identities Chapter 10 Reality television and the making of mobile publics: The case of Indian Idol Chapter 11 New industry dynamics: Lessons from reality TV in Norway Chapter 12 Continental reality television and the expansion of South African capital Chapter 13 Making populations appear Chapter 14 Reality television in new worlds Index __The Politics of Reality Television__ encompasses an international selection of expert contributions who consider the specific ways media migrations test our understanding of, and means of investigating, reality television across the globe. The book addresses a wide range of topics, including: This book will be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students on a range of Media and Television Studies courses, particularly those on the globalisation of television and media, and reality television. While The Industrial History Of The Global Migrations Of Reality Television Is Well Established, There Has Been Less Consideration Of The Theoretical & Methodological Implications Of This Expansion. This Book Considers Ways In Which These Migrations Test Our Understanding Of Reality Television Across The Globe. This book offers a global, comparative examination of reality television alongside empirical research about the genre, its producers and consumers