Casting About In The Reel World

From the bone-fishing flats of the Pacific nuclear weapons' proving ground, Bikini Atoll, to the taimen rivers of Outer Mongolia, anthropologist Bill Douglas is the consummate angling adventurer.

The author includes numerous case studies about current headlines that readers will already be familiar with, providing realistic and engaging scenarios about when, how, and why ethics count. . Please visit the companion website. This site showcases interviews about the television and entertainment industries, demonstrating ethical principles in practice http://booksite.focalpress.com/Perebinossoff (access to the companion site requires registration using the unique access code printed in the back of the book) . Get the inside scoop on ethics from a former ABC executive . Ethical principles are discussed on a case-by-case basis, enabling students and media professionals to evaluate ethical situations on their own . Four industry practitioners share their experiences and responses to sticky ethical situations. Contributions by: Carol Ames, Jeffrey Brody, Brian Gross, and Martin P. Carlson .-

From award-winning literary scholar Robert Alter, a masterful exploration of how Nabokov used artifice to evoke the dilemmas, pain, and exaltation of the human condition Admirers and detractors of Vladimir Nabokov have viewed him as an ingenious contriver of literary games, teasing and even outsmarting his readers through his self-reflexive artifice and the many codes and puzzles he devises in his fiction. Nabokov himself spoke a number of times about reality as a term that always has to be put in scare quotes. Consequently, many critics and readers have thought of him as a writer uninterested in the world outside literature. Robert Alter shows how Nabokov was passionately concerned with the real world and its complexities, from love and loss to exile, freedom, and the impact of contemporary politics on our lives. In these illuminating and exquisitely written essays, Alter spans the breadth of Nabokov's writings, from his memoir, lectures, and short stories to major novels such as Lolita. He demonstrates how the self-reflexivity of Nabokov's fiction becomes a vehicle for expressing very real concerns. What emerges is a portrait of a brilliant stylist who is at once serious and playful, who cared deeply about human relationships and the burden of loss, and who was acutely sensitive to the ways political ideologies can distort human values. Offering timeless insights into literature’s most fabulous artificer, Nabokov and the Real World makes an elegant and compelling case for Nabokov's relevance today.

Four thousand hours taped! Twenty-two hours aired! Do you really know everything that happens on "The Real World?" Read this book and you will.Featuring never-before-seen photos of the roommates! * * * In-depth interviews with Melissa, Danny, Julie, Jamie, Kelley, Matt, and David! (plus assorted crew members, family members, boyfriends, and girlfriends...) * * * The real kiss-and-tell on the melodrama, the backstabbing, and the romances (some you know about, some you don't...). * * * Check out the cast's application to get on the show!Reconnect with the cast of "The Real World -- Hawaii." Amaya, Teck, Kaia, Ruthie, and Justin reveal their sweetest moments, fashion regrets, newest love stories, and nervous breakdowns!SPECIAL BONUS: "Reunion Album!"Get the scoop on the once-in-a-lifetime VEGAS SPECTACULAR!Reunite with Flora from "The Real World -- Miami." (exclusive wedding shots!) Sean from "The Real World -- Boston" and Rachael from "The Real World -- San Francisco." Find out about their wedding and life in the real real world! David from "The Real World -- Seattle." (Plus: his take on "The Real World Challenge 2000!)"

Spey casting with single-handed and double-handed rods, Scandinavian style. Lessons from the world-famous guide and instructor Henrik Mortensen for casting distance with ease.

Is reality TV a coherent genre? This book addresses this question by examining the characteristics, contexts and breadth of reality TV through a history of its programming trends. Paying attention to stylistic connections as well as key concepts, this study breaks reality television down into three main 'generations': the camcorder generation, the competition generation and the celebrity generation. Beginning with a consideration of the applicability of the term 'genre' for this televisual hybrid, the book takes a transnational approach to investigating the forms and formats of reality TV framed by relevant popular and critical discourses.

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