"a dan crashing the party" exploring reality-celebrity in MTV'S real world franchise

Television and New Media

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 251-266

  Curnutt, Hugh ^a  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Celebrity; MTV; Reality TV; Reality celebrity; Road Rules; Television; The Real World

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449789155     PISSN: 15274764     EISSN: 15528316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527476409334017     Document Type: Article

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