Class themes haunt many of the debates about ‘reality’ television programming. In shows where media professionals are replaced with ‘social actors’ (Nichols 1991) discourses of class operate at a number of levels. First, ‘reality’ television is regularly spoken of as ‘trash’ television, locating participants and viewers at the bottom of a hierarchy of taste classification.
Spectacular Morality: ‘Reality’ Television, Individualisation and the Re-making of the Working Class
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