Buch, Englisch, 163 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 361 g
ISBN: 978-3-031-64097-1
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland
This book aims to assess the extent to which work health, safety and wellbeing (HSW) considerations are trivialised on the popular Australian reality TV programme, . Reality TV as a genre plays a core feature in media and cultural studies, but there has not been any research on the impact of reality TV on safety culture, or how HSW issues are portrayed in popular media.
This research remedies this deficiency and demonstrates contestants are workers on who perform workplace activities. The work-related activities are concerned with construction, building and renovation work; and specifically, participants engage in what are seemingly routine or ordinary everyday life activities; namely housing construction and domestic or home dwelling renovations. It supports the argument claim that contestants on reality TV are defined as workers, and this definition of worker can be extended to other genres.
The book ultimately demonstrates that reality television is trivialising HSW for the purposes of satisfying audience desire to consume popular culture, and these activities perpetuate a poor image of best safety practice.
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
Weitere Infos & Material
Chapter 1: Introduction: Reality Television and Work Health, Safety and Wellbeing.- Chapter 2: Why is Reality TV Work-Related Activity?.- Chapter 3: The Block 2020 Season 16 and its Ordinary Participants.- Chapter 4: Theoretical Underpinnings for The Data.- Chapter 5: Method and Measurement.- Chapter 6: Results And Discussion.- Chapter 7: Conclusion: Is it just me being a Killjoy and what are the Public Optics?.
