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Reality-Based Television: Makeover Shows

By: Yarma Velázquez Vargas
In: Encyclopedia of Gender in Media
Edited by: Mary Kosut
Subject:Media & Gender, Sociology of Gender

Reality-based television (often called simply “reality television”) has become one of the most influential genres in television programming. The popularity of the genre is reflected in the ratings of these shows and in the great advertising revenues they generate. As evidence ...

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  Vargas, Y. (2012). Reality-based television: makeover shows. In M. Kosut (Ed.), Encyclopedia of gender in media (pp. 312-312). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218540.n131
  
  Vargas, Yarma Velázquez. "Reality-Based Television: Makeover Shows." In Encyclopedia of Gender in Media, edited by Kosut, Mary, 312-312. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218540.n131.
  
  Vargas, Y. 2012. Reality-Based Television: Makeover Shows. In: Mary Kosut Editor, 2012. Encyclopedia of Gender in Media, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 312 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218540.n131> [Accessed 10 May 2021].
  
  Vargas, Yarma Velázquez. "Reality-Based Television: Makeover Shows." Encyclopedia of Gender in Media. Edited by Mary Kosut. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2012, pp. 312-312. SAGE Knowledge. 10 May 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218540.n131.
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