Arranged thematically, the book addresses definitions and debates, values and ethics, carnival and excess, celebrity, gender and sexuality, production and the audience. With specially written introductions to the volume and to each section, the Reader features key writings from leading scholars in the field. Essays explore the history and origins of tabloid culture and concepts such as the press, magazines, shock-jocks, the public sphere, reality and talk show television, photojournalism and voyeurism, and examples used include: "heat" magazine "Loaded" and men's lifestyle publications "Jackass" The tabloid life of O.J. Simpson "Big Brother's" Jade Goody Each section is followed by recommendations for further reading.
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