Fooling with the Amish : Amish Mafia, Entertaining Fakery, and the Evolution of Reality TV /

"Amish Mafia was a fake reality TV show that aired on Discovery Channel from 2012 to 2015. This book examines the show's rhetorical techniques, audience reception, and cultural circumstances to address two general questions: How and why are people taken in by falsehoods in the media? What...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Eitzen, Dirk (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Amish Mafia (Television program)
Television viewers > Social aspects.
Reality television programs > Social aspects.
Gossip.
Deception.
Television viewers > Social aspects > United States.
Reality television programs > Social aspects > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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