Racial Triumph and Success on Reality Game Shows
- 한국외국어대학교 영미연구소
- 영미연구
- 제23집
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2010.12129 - 159 (31 pages)
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By investigating an episode of The Apprentice, the study discusses whether reality game shows serve to justify the actual socioeconomic inequality among different racial groups in the U.S. by naturalizing the ideological discourse of the American Dream and Social Darwinism. To identify the ideological implication of the The Apprentice, the study examines whether the respondents accepted the premise of fairness on The Apprentice and how they made sense of the show’s construction of a level playing field in relation to their general understanding of the American Dream and the discrepancies in the economic status among different racial groups in the U.S.
Ⅰ. Introduction
Ⅱ. The American Dream, Reality TV, and the Audience
Ⅲ. Textual Analysis
Ⅳ. Audience Reading of Race
Ⅴ. Conclusion
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