Better Living through Reality TV: Television and Post-Welfare Citizenship

ISBN: 978-1-4051-3440-8

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264 pages

February 2008, Wiley-Blackwell

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“This book does not simply pay lip service to the claim that reality television is a democratic and populist force.” (Communication Booknotes Quarterly, Jan.-Mar. 2009)

“Better Living presents Foucault’s concept of govermentality in an accessible way as the authors combine this theoretical concept with rich textual examples from various reality TV shows. In fact, one of the strengths of Better Living is the detailed examples that Ouellette and Hay provide to support their arguments.” (Journal of the Communication Inquiry)

"Better Living through Reality TV achieves what cultural theory does at its best: a fascinating, insightful, and clear-eyed look at contemporary society as seen through the lens of pop culture."
–Mark Andrejevic

"With this book, reality TV scholarship finally 'gets real'."
–Nick Couldry