Reality TV

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Introduction -- 1. Reality Television Benefits Society More than Scripted Television Does / Michael Hirschorn -- 2. Reality TV Has Lowered Standards for Television and Society as a Whole / James Wolcott -- 3. Producers Sometimes Distort Reality and Undermine the Value of Reality TV / Andy Dehnart -- 4. Attention-Seeking Participants Create Hollow Reality Characters / Jonathan Murray -- 5. How a Real Housewives Suicide Sheds Light on Exploitation in Reality TV / Stephen Galloway -- 6. Reality TV Helps Bring Diversity to Television / Greg Braxton -- 7. Reality TV Stereotypes Minority Groups / Brian Lowry -- 8. Reality TV Presents Rural Americans as Skilled and Serious Workers / Robert Lloyd -- 9. Reality TV Shows Perpetuate Stereotypes about Southerners / Karen L. Cox -- 10. Reality TV Can Empower Women / Susannah Breslin -- 11. Reality TV Intentionally Subverts Social Progress and Gender Equality / Jennifer L. Pozner -- 12. Reality TV Kids Need the Law on Their Side / Hilary Levey -- 13. Reality TV Producers Should Be Responsible for Participant Well-Being / Linda Holmes -- Organizations to Contact -- Bibliography -- Index. Review Citations: Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2014 pg. 94 (EAN 9780737761962, Paperback) Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2014 (EAN 9780737761955, Hardcover)