Participation in Reality Television: Entertainment Mobilization in Dance Talent Shows

Kondo, K. and Hill, A. 2020. Participation in Reality Television: Entertainment Mobilization in Dance Talent Shows. in: Polson, E., Clark, L.S. and Gajjala, R. (ed.) The Routledge Companion to Media and Class Oxon Routledge. pp. 51-62

Chapter titleParticipation in Reality Television: Entertainment Mobilization in Dance Talent Shows
AuthorsKondo, K. and Hill, A.
EditorsPolson, E., Clark, L.S. and Gajjala, R.
Abstract

The intersections of production and audience research for reality television highlight how the visible performance of participants in a talent show is only part of the story of the labour of producing these performances. We find a ‘spectacle of labour’ (Barthes 1979) in talent show performances, indicating the physical and emotional labour of training that lies behind a screen performance. The contestants' entrepreneurial strategies using this opportunity was also seen, despite the claims by other scholars that those tended to be seen as victims of TV producers.

KeywordsEntrepreneurship
creative industry
strategies
mobilization
Book titleThe Routledge Companion to Media and Class
Page range51-62
Year2020
PublisherRoutledge
Publication dates
Published27 Jan 2020
Place of publicationOxon
ISBN9781138493612
ISSN9781351027342
FunderUniversity of Lund (Sweden)

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