Reality Bites Back: The Troubling Truth About Guilty Pleasure TV. This is a really timely book that really lives up to its title. Ever since reality TV shows first started airing, I mentally vomit a little every time one comes on. This book really does an excellent job dissecting these shows showing how they promote the worse aspects of our culture - the sexism, racism, consumerism, class-ism, gender/sexual orientation discrimination, etc..
It is very comprehensive and would serve as an excellent class reference or reading group book to spur further conversation. It's also a great example of critical media literacy.
There is a bit of repetition and some examples are not the best. As some Amazon reviews note, the font is also very small. Overall, these are minor issues and the book is very well written and organized and covers a very important and neglected topic.
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