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100 1  Peretti, Jacques,|d1967-|eauthor. 
245 10 Edge of reality :|bjourneys through the rabbit hole of 
       reality television /|cJacques Peretti. 
250    First American edition. 
264  1 New York :|bDK/Penguin Random House,|c2023. 
264  4 |c©2023 
300    247 pages ;|c24 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
520    "Reality TV's influence is seismic: twenty-five years ago,
       the concept didn?t exist. Yet today, it is one of the most
       powerful cultural forces on earth; a multi-billion-dollar 
       machine. Despite that, it is often derided as "trash," a 
       cultural McDonald's not worthy of examination. The truth 
       is that reality TV offers a profound insight into who we 
       are as human beings, questioning the very nature of what 
       we deem to be entertaining. Writer, broadcaster, and 
       reality TV-obsessive Jacques Peretti goes behind the 
       scenes of a world that has entranced and consumed him for 
       two decades. Meeting with people at every level of the 
       reality TV machine, from those responsible for coming up 
       with ever-more extreme formats, to the contestants and 
       participants at the heart of some of the most iconic 
       moments in television, who felt that their lives and their
       vulnerabilities were being exploited in the name of 
       entertainment. This is reality TV as you've never seen it 
       before."--Amazon.com 
650  0 Reality television programs|xHistory and criticism. 
650  7 Reality television programs.|2fast 
655  7 Criticism, interpretation, etc.|2fast