Chapter 4: Reality TV Analysis: From Authenticity to Affect

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Acknowledgements 9
4. List of Abbreviations 11
5. List of Tables and Figures 13
6. Chapter 1: Introduction 15
7. Chapter 2: Mass Media and Reality TV Formats in Post-socialist China 25
8. Chapter 3: The Turn to Affect and its Application to Reality TV 43
9. Chapter 4: Reality TV Analysis: From Authenticity to Affect 75
10. Chapter 5: Researching Affect in Reality TV Text 97
11. Chapter 6: Telling Stories, Swapping Lives 113
12. Chapter 7: Emotional Excess and Therapeutic Governance 131
13. Chapter 8: The Politics of Suffering and Kuqing 153
14. Chapter 9: Conclusion and Discussion 185
15. Bibliography 197