Millennials killed the video star : MTV's transition to reality programming /
Amanda Ann Klein.
- viii, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-231) and index.
What Killed the Video Star? -- "It's Videos, Fool": A Targeted History of MTV (1981-2004) -- "This Is the True Story . . .": The Real World and MTV's Turn to Identity (1992-) -- "She Will Always Be Known as the Girl Who Didn't Go to Paris": Can-Do and At-Risk White Girls on MTV (2004-2013) -- "If You Don't Tan, You're Pale": The Regional and Ethnic Other on MTV (2009-2013) -- "That Moment Is Here, Whether I Like It or Not": When MTV's Programming Fails (2013- -- ) -- Conclusion. -- Catfish and the Future of MTV's Reality Programming (2012-).
"Millennials Killed the Video Star examines the historical, cultural, and industrial factors leading to MTV's shift away from music videos and into identity-focused reality programming in the early 2000s and 2010s"--