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Sender, Katherine

 
9780814740705: The Makeover: Reality Television and Reflexive Audiences
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ISBN 10 : 0814740707 ISBN 13 : 9780814740705
Editeur : New York University Press, 2012

Synopsis

The first book to consider the rapid rise of makeover shows from the perspectives of their viewers

Watch this show, buy this product, you can be a whole new you!

Makeover television shows repeatedly promise self-renewal and the opportunity for reinvention, but what do we know about the people who watch them? As it turns out, surprisingly little.

The Makeover is the first book to consider the rapid rise of makeover shows from the perspectives of their viewers. Katherine Sender argues that this genre of reality television continues a long history of self-improvement, shaped through contemporary media, technological, and economic contexts. Most people think that reality television viewers are ideological dupes and obliging consumers. Sender, however, finds that they have a much more nuanced and reflexive approach to the shows they watch. They are critical of the instruction, the consumer plugs, and the manipulative editing in the shows. At the same time, they buy into the shows' imperative to construct a reflexive self: an inner self that can be seen as if from the outside, and must be explored and expressed to others. The Makeover intervenes in debates about both reality television and audience research, offering the concept of the reflexive self to move these debates forward.

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À propos de l?auteur

Katherine Sender is Associate Professor at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of the book Business, Not Politics: The Making of the Gay Market (2004) and is co-editor of The Politics of Reality TV: Global Perspectives (2011).

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Éditeur
New York University Press
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0814740707
ISBN 13 
9780814740705
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
259
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780814740699: The Makeover: Reality Television and Reflexive Audiences

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ISBN 10 :  0814740693 ISBN 13 :  9780814740699
Editeur : New York University Press, 2012
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