Millennials killed the video star : MTV's transition to reality programming /

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"Between 1995 and 2000, the number of music videos airing on MTV dropped by 36 percent. As an alternative to the twenty-four-hour video jukebox the channel had offered during its early years, MTV created an original cycle of scripted reality shows, including Laguna Beach, The Hills, The City, C...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Klein, Amanda Ann, 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2021.
Subjects:
MTV Networks.
MTV Networks > History.
Reality television programs > United States.
Music videos.
Generation Y.
Popular culture > United States.
Television and youth > United States.
Vidéoclips.
Génération Internet.
Culture populaire > États-Unis.
Télévision et jeunesse > États-Unis.
PERFORMING ARTS / Television / History & Criticism
Popular culture.
Reality television programs.
Television and youth.
United States.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. What Killed the Video Star?
  • "It's Videos, Fool" : A Targeted History of MTV (1981-2004)
  • "This Is the True Story . . ." : The Real World and MTV's Turn to Identity (1992-)
  • "She Will Always Be Known as the Girl Who Didn't Go to Paris" : Can-Do and At-Risk White Girls on MTV (2004-2013)
  • "If You Don't Tan, You're Pale" : The Regional and Ethnic Other on MTV (2009-2013)
  • "That Moment Is Here, Whether I Like It or Not" : When MTV's Programming Fails (2013-2014)
  • Conclusion. Catfish and the Future of MTV's Reality Programming (2012-)
  • Appendix A. MTV Reality Series since 1981
  • Appendix B. Other Television Series Discussed in This Book.

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