Losing Sight of Ourselves: Applying Durkheim. Giddens, Baudrillard and Vaknin to Reality Television

Losing Sight of Ourselves: Applying Durkheim. Giddens, Baudrillard and Vaknin to Reality Television

An application of theory to various reality television shows in order to discuss the emergence and encouragement of the false self in our society is the focus of this work. Toddlers and Tiaras, Hoarders and Sister Wives are the three television shows that will be analyzed by using content analysis i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Collins, Megan Elizabeth
Other Authors: Mestrovic, Stjepan
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2011
Subjects:
narcissism
consumerism
false self
individual
construction of the self
reality television
Sister Wives
polygamy
Toddlers and Tiaras
beauty pageants
Hoarders
hoarding
fakeness
appearances
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-12-8903

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