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Reality Bites: An Investigation of the Genre of Reality Television and Its Relationship to Viewers’ Body Image

Nichole Egbert Department of Communication Studies, Kent State UniversityCorrespondence[email protected]
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James D. Belcher Department of Arts, Humanities and Reading, Stark State CollegeView further author information
Pages 407-431 | Published online: 04 May 2012

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