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Reality TV - P [Hardcover]

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  • Hardcover
  • Publisher: Greenhaven Press (January 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 073772255X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0737722550
  • Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 17.5 x 0.6 cm
  • Shipping Weight: 145 g
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,802,908 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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From School Library Journal

Grade 8 Up–This collection of 17 articles culled from periodicals and Web sites examines the positive and negative aspects of "reality TV." The title of each article has been changed to reflect its stance on the merits or demerits of the genre, and each selection begins with an abstract. An introduction, a list of relevant organizations, a thorough bibliography, and an index are included. While a useful shortcut for researching the topic, the material is also destined to become quickly dated. The publication would perhaps be most useful to libraries with an established demand for resources in media studies and/or limited access to periodical articles.–Jeffrey Hastings, Highlander Way Middle School, Howell, MI
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Inaccurate, Distorted Early Essays on Reality TV, Nov 25 2011
By Mediaman "TVviewer" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Reality TV - P (Hardcover)
This mixture of short articles published about reality TV is both a waste of time and infuriatingly inaccurate. With a publication date of 2004, many of the articles go back as far as mid-2000, making them incredibly outdated and lacking any accurate perspective on the genre. Then the editor writes in her introduction that Survivor started in 2002. How do you trust a book like that?

For example, an essay from the Miami Herald about Survivor encouraging racial stereotypes was written in the middle of the show's first 2000 season! A piece on "positive religious messages" of reality TV is from 2002 and focuses only on an unknown series called TruthQuest:California. Then there's a claim by a Christian Science Monitor article from 2001 that September 11th reduced America's desire for reality TV--um, a 2004 book should know better.

None of these provide any true insight into the subject and they are all really short, since most were previously published in daily newspapers and written by people who don't know what they're talking about.

The book's text takes up 58 pages with lots of white space. So it's a waste of money--don't buy it.
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