The Tube Has Spoken

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The tube has spoken : reality TV and history / edited by Julie Anne Taddeo and Ken Dvorak.

p. cm.—(Film & history)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-8131-2553-4 (hardcover : alk. paper)

1. Reality television—History and criticism. 2. Reality television programs—Social aspects. I. Taddeo, Julie Anne. II. Dvorak, Ken, 1950–

PN1992.8.R43T83 2009

791.45’6—dc22

2009027966

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