{"product_id":"big-brother-j-bignell-9781403916846","title":"Big Brother: Reality TV in the Twenty-First Century","description":"Jonathan Bignell presents a wide-ranging analysis of the television phenomenon of the early twenty-first century: Reality TV, exploring its cultural and political meanings, explaining the genesis of the form and its relationship to contemporary television production, and considering how it connects with, and breaks away from, factual and fictional conventions in television. Relationships with surveillance, celebrity and media culture are examined, leading to an appraisal of the directions that television culture is taking in the new century. His highly-readable style is accessible to readers at all levels of Culture and Media studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. Bignell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1403916845\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781403916846\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/16\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 189\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.86h x 5.52w x 0.60d","brand":"J. Bignell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48518321111295,"sku":"9781403916846","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6040c5fb-b3a4-49c8-8010-97d8dfbd12d9.jpg?v=1778734188","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/big-brother-j-bignell-9781403916846","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}