The Tube Has Spoken: Reality TV and History - Paperback

by Julie Anne Taddeo (Author), Ken Dvorak (Author), Deborah A. Carmichael (Foreword by)

It analyzes how reality TV programs reflect the tensions between the individual and the community, the transformative power of technology, the creation of the celebrity, and the breakdown of public and private spheres.

Author Biography

Julie Anne Taddeo is visiting associate professor of history at the University of Maryland and the author of Lytton Strachey and the Search for Modern Sexual Identity. Ken Dvorak is former president of the American Culture Association and an editorial member of the Journal of Popular Culture, Journal of American Culture, and Film & History.