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Author Gunter, Barrie

Title I want to change my life : can reality TV competition shows trigger lasting career success?
Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (265 pages)
Contents CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT
Summary Competition talent shows have been among the most popular on television in the 21st century. The producers of these shows claim to give ordinary people extraordinary opportunities to change their lives by showcasing a specific skill leading to a new career trajectory. Most participants will claim that they entered to get a big break and to develop a career they have always dreamed of. To what extent do these shows deliver on such promises? Following through what happens to leading contestant ..
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Subject Talent shows (Television programs) -- Social aspects
Reality television programs -- Social aspects
TV & society.
Television.
Popular culture.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference.
Reality television programs -- Social aspects
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781443864749
1443864749