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That is Bad! This is Good: Morality as Constructed by Viewers of Television Reality Programs

Reality shows that feature people going about their presumed daily lives are not base entertainment. Internet message boards about reality programs are sites where moral work happens. Viewers write about the appearance and actions of show characters and construct moral lessons. Through naturally occurring data produced by fans of these shows, I find that viewers generally express a traditional heteronormative morality around class and gender through stating moral lessons, explaining what is wrong with the characters, or through ridicule and praise.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:USF/oai:scholarcommons.usf.edu:etd-4405
Date01 January 2011
CreatorsLosasso, Joseph Charles
PublisherScholar Commons
Source SetsUniversity of South Flordia
Detected LanguageEnglish
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SourceGraduate Theses and Dissertations
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