Reality TV

Mark Andrejevic is assistant professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Iowa.

• Chapter 1 1 Between the New Medium and the OldChapter 2 2 The Promise of the Digital RevolutionChapter 3 3 Rediscovering RealityChapter 5 4 The Kinder, Gentler Gaze of Big BrotherChapter 6 5 Access to the RealChapter 7 6 It's All About the ExperienceChapter 8 7 Reality TV and VoyeurismChapter 9 8 Survivor and Uncanny CapitalismChapter 10 Bibliography

Why has the burst of interactivity celebrated by new media not led to an increase in democracy? In his brilliant analysis of reality television, Mark Andrejevic convincingly argues that surveillance accompanies the fun and flexibility of networked communications. Just like the faux 'stars' of reality TV, we seem all too willing to be watched, to see &ltU>and be seen&ltU>. This book is a major contribution to a critical theory of communicative capitalism....