Reality television, the Hills, and the limits of the immaterial labour thesis

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Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-76

  Hearn, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Immaterial labour; Immeasurability; Reality television; Self branding; Television production; Value

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650396129     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1726670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.31269/vol8iss1pp60-76     Document Type: Article

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