Author: Julie Taddeo
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813129419
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Featuring ordinary people, celebrities, game shows, hidden cameras, everyday situations, and humorous or dramatic situations, reality TV is one of the fastest growing and important popular culture trends of the past decade, with roots reaching back to the days of radio. The Tube Has Spoken provides an analysis of the growing phenomenon of reality TV, its evolution as a genre, and how it has been shaped by cultural history. This collection of essays looks at a wide spectrum of shows airing from the 1950s to the present, addressing some of the most popular programs including Alan Funt’s Candid Camera, Big Brother, Wife Swap, Kid Nation, and The Biggest Loser. It offers both a multidisciplinary approach and a cross-cultural perspective, considering Australian, Canadian, British, and American programs. In addition, the book explores how popular culture shapes modern western values; for example, both An American Family and its British counterpart, The Family, showcase the decline of the nuclear family in response to materialistic pressures and the modern ethos of individualism. This collection highlights how reality TV has altered the tastes and values of audiences in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It analyzes how reality TV programs reflect the tensions between the individual and the community, the transformative power of technology, the creation of the celebrity, and the breakdown of public and private spheres.
The Tube Has Spoken
The American Gyna͡ecological & Obstetrical Journal
Conservative gynecology and electro-therapeutics
Author: George Betton Massey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electrotherapeutics
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electrotherapeutics
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
The Journal of Advanced Therapeutics
English Patents of Inventions, Specifications
The American Gynaecological and Obstetrical Journal
Modern Surgery, General and Operative
Author: John Chalmers Da Costa
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Surgery
Languages : en
Pages : 1722
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Surgery
Languages : en
Pages : 1722
Book Description
Medical Electricity and Röntgen Rays
Author: Sinclair Tousey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electric power
Languages : en
Pages : 1372
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electric power
Languages : en
Pages : 1372
Book Description
Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects
Author: Royal Institution of Naval Architects
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Naval architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
List of members in each volume.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Naval architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
List of members in each volume.
Medical Electricity, Röntgen Rays and Radium
Author: Sinclair Tousey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diathermy
Languages : en
Pages : 1372
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diathermy
Languages : en
Pages : 1372
Book Description