Authenticity and How We Fake It: Belief and Subjectivity in Reality TV, Facebook and YouTube

Synopsis

Consumers Today Are Invested In Reality-based Media, Which In Theory Draw Content From Somewhere Off-screen In Our Lived Experience. This Is Perceived As More Authentic Than The Predominantly Fictional Media. Yet Much Of Reality Tv And Social Media Is Known By Both Consumers And Creators Of Content To Be Scripted Or Contrived-- Introduction -- If Only Reality Tv Were Not Real: Advertising, Ordinary People And Savvy Consumption -- Ontologies Of Facebook: Catfish And The Magical Thinking Of Consumers -- How Youtube Subjectivizes: Vlogging, Hauls And Creative Consumption -- Conclusion: Beyond Reality Tv, Facebook And Youtube. Aaron Duplanter. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.