Open AccessNeoliberalism and the Realities of Reality Television
Author(s) -
David Grazian
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
contexts
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1537-6052
pISSN - 1536-5042
DOI - 10.1525/ctx.2010.9.2.68
Subject(s) - neoliberalism (international relations) , reality television , reality tv , sociology , media studies , aesthetics , political economy , art
Along with mash-ups and Internet blogging, the meteoric rise of reality television came to define the last decade’s pop cultural landscape for millions of Americans. In 2000 the commercial success of two new primetime series—WhoWants to Be a Millionaire and Survivor—catapulted the reality genre into the entertainment mainstream. (Millionaire earned the highest average Nielsen rating among all television series for the
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