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...

Полное описание

Библиографические подробности
Главный автор: Eitzen, Dirk (Автор)
Формат: Licensed eBooks
Язык:английский
Опубликовано: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022.
Серии:Young Center books in Anabaptist & Pietist studies.
Online-ссылка:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3169860
Оглавление:
  • 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.