The Triumph of Reality TV: The Revolution in American Television
• Examines an important subject with national appeal across various demographic groups• Provides the history of reality TV with special emphasis on recent developments in the genre• Shows how reality TV has achieved its immense popularity by capitalizing on recent media trends• Identifies the social conflicts popular reality TV focuses on, such as new interpretations of the American family• Addresses a wide range of popular reality TV shows, fromDancing with the StarS≪/i> toKeeping Up with the KardashianS≪/i>"Her brief yet well-researched study focuses on the genre's portrayal of family. . . . Edwards focuses her research on popular culture and media studies. This, her third book on pop culture, would be good for advanced high school students, undergraduates, graduate students, and armchair media scholars. Summing Up: Recommended."-Choice