Despite being dismissed as low brow, nonsensical and a cheap form of entertainment, the present cultural phenomenon of reality television reveals a shared space where people are exposing more personalized, emotional aspects of themselves than typically seen in other genres of television programming or areas of contemporary public life. This recent trend of reality TV is both heightening and challenging many of the long-standing ethical debates over the boundaries between public and private, individual and collective as well as rational and emotional experience and needs to be considered within a pedagogical context. This study will explore reality television's position as a means of popular education, while attending to a broader social context of changing media and corresponding cultural shifts. A McLuhanesque study, this thesis will investigate what socio-cultural changes are occurring in our media environment as a result of our experiences within new media technologies.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 271-284). / Also available by subscription via World Wide Web / xi, 284 leaves, bound music 29 cm

Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 2006. Graduate Programme in Communication & Culture. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 102-106). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=1&did=1240699741&SrchMode=1&sid=10&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1195151769&clientId=5220

Thesis (B.A.Hons.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of History, 1981. / Typescript (photocopy).

Thesis (M.Ed.)--Murdoch University, 2006. / Thesis submitted to the Division of Arts. Bibliography: leaves 199-205.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Dept. of History, March 1999. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Oregon. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 138-144).

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 91-96).

Thesis (M.A.) - Carleton University, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-174). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2007. Graduate Programme in Higher Education. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 668-689). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:NR32078