
By Laurie Ouellette,James Hay
- A significant textbook at the effect of fact and way of life tv on today’s programming, and on broader social, cultural and political trends
- Draws on a number examples from The Apprentice and American Idol to Extreme Makeover and Wife Swap
- Argues that truth tv teaches audience to observe, encourage, increase, rework and defend themselves within the identify of freedom, company, and private responsibility
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