Open AccessBook Review: The Bizarre World of Reality Television
Author(s) -
Colleen Lougen
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
reference and user services quarterly/reference and user services quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.443
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 2163-5242
pISSN - 1094-9054
DOI - 10.5860/rusq.59.1.7236
Subject(s) - reality television , reality tv , social reality , state (computer science) , sociology , media studies , aesthetics , art , computer science , social science , algorithm
The Bizarre World of Reality Television explores the origins, rapid progression, and quirky contents of reality television programming. Written by Stuart Lenig (Columbia State Community College), this unique and compact work is an entertaining read that dissects reality television through a post-modernistic lens, detailing the economic, cultural, and social factors.