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Mark Andrejevic is assistant professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Iowa.Why has the burst of interactivity celebrated by new media not led to an increase in democracy? In his brilliant analysis of reality television, Mark Andrejevic convincingly argues that surveillance accompanies the fun and flexibility of networked communications. Just like the faux 'stars' of reality TV, we seem all too willing to be watched, to see <U>and be seen<U>. This book is a major contribution to a critical theory of communicative capitalism....
- Jodi Dean, Hobart and William Smith Colleges,
This is a very thoughtful and perceptive study of reality TV, tracing its inscription between the technological logics of surveillance and interactivity, on the one hand, and the changing cultures of celebrity and consumption, on the other. Mark Andrejevic's account succeeds in moving beyond the anatomy of a new media form to provide a critical analysis of broader social and cultural dynamics in contemporary society.
- Kevin Robins, Goldsmiths College, University of London,
Mark Andrejevic has written one of the most original, sophisticated, and important accounts of television in years. Its originality and importance is precisely how it explains TV by moving beyond TV—to understand TV through the Internet, to rethink the current mantra of 'interactivity,' and to locate the latest televisual trend ('reality TV') within the long histories of surveillance that have shaped the current 'surveillance economy' and the current applications of video and other communication technologies. Through this project, Andrejevic distinguishes himself as one of the most noteworthy young scholars of media and culture.
- James Hay, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Why has the burst of interactivity celebrated by new media not led to an increase in democracy? In his brilliant analysis of reality television, Mark Andrejevic convincingly argues that surveillance accompanies the fun and flexibility of networked communications. Just like the faux 'stars' of reality TV, we seem all too willing to be watched, to see and be seen. This book is a major contribution to a critical theory of communicative capitalism.
- Jodi Dean, Hobart and William Smith Colleges,
This series covers a broad range of critical research and theory about media in the modern world. It includes work about the changing structures of the media, focusing particularly on work about the political and economic forces and social relations which shape and are shaped by media institutions, structural changes in policy formation and enforcement, technological transformations in the means of communication, and the relationships of all of these to public and private cultures worldwide. Historical research about the media and intellectual histories pertaining to media research and theory are particularly welcomed. Emphasizing the role of social and political theory for informing and shaping research about communications media, Critical Media Studies addresses the politics of media institutions at national, subnational, and transnational levels. The series will also include short, synthetic texts on key thinkers and concepts in critical media studies. ADVISORY BOARD: Patricia Aufderheide, American University; Jean-Claude Burgelman, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies; Simone Chambers, University of Toronto; Nicholas Garnham, University of Westminster; Hanno Hardt, University of Iowa; Gay Hawkins, The University of New South Wales; Maria Heller, EÜtvÜs Lorçnd University; Robert Horwitz, University of California at San Diego; Douglas Kellner, University of California at Los Angeles; Gary Marx, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Toby Miller, University of California at Riverside; Vincent Mosco, Queen's University; Janice Peck, University of Colorado; Manjunath Pendakur, Southern Illinois University; Arvind Rajagopal, New York University; Giuseppe Richeri, Universitê Svizzera Italiana; Kevin Robins, Goldsmiths College; Saskia Sassen, University of Chicago; Dan Schiller, University of Illinois; Colin Sparks, University of Westminster; Slavko Splichal, University of Ljubljana; Thomas Streeter, University of Vermont; Liesbet van Zoonen, University of Amsterdam; Janet Wasko, University of Oregon.
Series Editor: Andrew Calabrese, University of Colorado