Reality Tv by Mark Andrejevic
The Work of Being Watched
Argues that reality television transforms everyday life into a regime of surveillance and labor, enlisting both participants and viewers in practices of self-monitoring and value extraction; by turning personal narratives into commodified entertainment, these programs normalize voyeurism and blur the boundaries between private and public. It analyzes the political economy and cultural logic of the genre, showing how its participatory format channels neoliberal ideals of individual responsibility and entrepreneurial subjectivity while expanding mechanisms of social control and data extraction. The book links this media form to broader shifts in power, identity, and the commercialization of everyday experience.
- Published
- 2004
- Nationality
- Australian
- Length
- Unknown
- Pages
- Unknown
- Original Language
- English
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