Making the Most out of 15 Minutes: Reality TV's Dispensable Celebrity

Television & New Media

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 87-110

  Collins, Sue ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

celebrity; cultural labor; political economy; reality TV

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997884125     PISSN: 15274764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527476407313814     Document Type: Article

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