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02620aam a2200457 i 4500 001 48CB7F024EAA11EDAB62559A42ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221018010048 008 220105t20222022mdua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021045398 020 $a 1421444186 020 $a 9781421444185 035 $a (OCoLC)1291592023 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d JHE $d IMH $d YDX $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a PN1992.77.A55 $b E48 2022 082 00 $a 791.45/72 $2 23/eng/20220105 100 1 $a Eitzen, Dirk, $e author. 245 10 $a Fooling with the Amish : $b Amish mafia, entertaining fakery, and the evolution of reality TV / $c Dirk Eitzen. 264 1 $a Baltimore : $b Johns Hopkins University Press, $c 2022. 300 $a 239 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Young Center books in Anabaptist and Pietist studies 520 $a "Amish Mafia was a fake reality TV show that aired on Discovery Channel from 2012 to 2015. This book examines the show's rhetorical techniques, audience reception, and cultural circumstances to address two general questions: How and why are people taken in by falsehoods in the media? What is it about the so-called reality of reality entertainments that appeals to and gratifies viewers? The book's ultimate answer to these questions, supported with many kinds of evidence, is that, in taking liberties with facts, Amish Mafia and other forms of entertaining fakery, including fake news, work very much like gossip"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Enquiring minds want to know -- The roots of reality entertainment -- A chronicle of contrivance -- The pleasure of being deceived (and its limits) -- Gossip and lies -- Rights and wrongs. 630 00 $a Amish Mafia (Television program) 650 0 $a Reality television programs $x Social aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Television viewers $x Social aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Deception. 650 0 $a Gossip. 650 2 $a Deception $0 (DNLM)D008192 650 7 $a Deception. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00888968 650 7 $a Gossip. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00945035 650 7 $a Reality television programs $x Social aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01983805 650 7 $a Television viewers $x Social aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01147141 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 830 0 $a Young Center books in Anabaptist & Pietist studies. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117023106.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=48CB7F024EAA11EDAB62559A42ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search