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  So U Think U Can Dance?

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  Sharon Shahaf Georgia State University

  February 22, 2007

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  So U Think U Can Dance? reality TV Israel international TV formats hip hop globalization global/local franchising appropriation Curator's Note In this clip from Israel’s “So U Think U Can Dance”, two Israeli Hip-Hoppers, Shocko and Gitit get to chore ...
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  Television and Reality: The Politics of Representation in Celebrity Big Brother, U.K.

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  Shanti Kumar University of Texas at Austin

  April 17, 2007

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  Television and Reality: The Politics of Representation in Celebrity Big Brother, U.K. South Asian ...
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  Reality TV in a War Zone

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  Serra Tinic University of Alberta

  April 23, 2007

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  Reality TV in a War Zone reality TV Labour and Materials Iraqi Star Iraq international TV formats globalization global/local Extreme Makeover American Idol Curator's Note I consistently struggle with the concept of hybridity when we hit the section o ...
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  Indian Idol and Flash Fandom

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  Aswin Punathambekar University of Michigan

  November 21, 2007

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  Indian Idol and Flash Fandom fandom reality TV international TV formats American Idol Indian Idol regionalism India Amit Paul flash fandom Curator's Note In summer 2007, media coverage of Indian Idol-3 focused on how finalist Amit Paul managed to cre ...
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  You Can’t Stop the Beat – Dance: The Gen X Addiction

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  Kelli Kilgore City of Virginia Beach

  December 04, 2007

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  this seemingly banal show that made so many clamor to watch and vote and run to see it live? I’m not ...
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  "Bridalplasty": If you're shocked, you haven't been paying attention

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  Jennifer L. Pozner Women In Media & News (WIMN) and author, www.RealityBitesBackBook.com

  September 20, 2010

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  list’… Each episode ends in a dramatic elimination with one bride… possibly walking away with nothing and ...
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  God and Country and Scotty McCreery

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  Katherine Meizel Oberlin Conservatory of Music

  May 30, 2011

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  God and Country and Scotty McCreery Scotty reality TV American Idol post mortem Curator's Note "Apparently," Gore Vidal wrote (unless Penn Jillette made that one up, too), "a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at gr ...
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  Who Wants to be an Indian? Re-imagining Reality with Global TV Formats

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  Lauhona Ganguly The New School

  November 17, 2011

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  conditions that favor such reproductions and the mediations that make it possible. KBC, the Hindi title of ...
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  "that gargoyle or whatever it was": YouTube Comments Meet Television Content

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  rosalynn rothstein University of Oregon

  June 21, 2012

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  "that gargoyle or whatever it was": YouTube Comments Meet Television Content YouTube Comments Wedding-based Reality TV User Comments TLC Television Online reality TV Lord of the Rings Four Weddings Comment Curator's Note /*-->*/ In TLC& ...
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  Welcome to The Clubhouse

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  Rachel Silverman Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

  May 13, 2013

  2 comments

  Dubrow and Garson further exemplify Sontag in their respective responses of: “not very nice” and “I’m ...

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