How Real is Reality TV?: Essays on Representation and Truth

by David S . Escoffery (Editor)

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  Paperback
  2006

  $24.65

  With 16 essays from scholars around the world, this volume discusses the notion of representation in reality television. It explores how both audiences and producers negotiate the gulf between representations and truth in reality shows such as Survivor , The Apprentice , Big Brother , The Nanny , American Idol , Extreme Makeover , and more.