Fooling with the Amish : Amish mafia, entertaining fakery, and the evolution of reality TV /
"Amish Mafia was a fake reality TV show that aired on Discovery Channel from 2012 to 2015. This book examines the show's rhetorical techniques, audience reception, and cultural circumstances to address two general questions: How and why are people taken in by falsehoods in the media? What...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Langue: | anglais |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2022.
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| Collection: | Young Center books in Anabaptist & Pietist studies.
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| Accès en ligne: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3169860 |
Table des matières:
- 1. Inquiring minds want to know
- 2. The roots of reality entertainment
- 3. A chronicle of contrivance
- 4. The pleasure of being deceived (and its limits)
- 5. Gossip and lies
- 6. Rights and wrongs.