How Long to Read Daytime Television Game Shows and the Celebration of Merchandise

How Long Does it Take to Read Daytime Television Game Shows and the Celebration of Merchandise?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 22 minutes to read Daytime Television Game Shows and the Celebration of Merchandise by Morris B. Holbrook

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Insights into the nature of the consumer society and its ethos of consumption can often emerge from interpreting even the most lowly specimens of popular culture. In this spirit, a neglected genre that promises to shed light on the culture of consumption appears in the form of the daytime television game shows whose hegemonic message seems to convey and to justify a widespread obeisance to the mandate of materialism. These game shows often present a text that demands a readerly, monosemic, dominant interpretation as an unabashed celebration of merchandise. In particular, a close analysis of the longest running game show - The Price Is Right - suggests that all facets of this program combine to reinforce its central meaning as a ritualistic validation of consumption-oriented greed. An alternative resistant reading is explored but rejected - in part because it rests on an assumption that violates the empirical data and in part because it provides a more convincing analysis of a program like Supermarket Sweep. In short, the present study concludes that TV game shows in general, and The Price Is Right in particular, reflect and reinforce the obsession that many modern consumers feel with merchandise valued almost for its own sake, beyond any need or even capacity to use it, as a kind of disembodied target of misdirected desire.

How long is Daytime Television Game Shows and the Celebration of Merchandise?

Daytime Television Game Shows and the Celebration of Merchandise by Morris B. Holbrook is 138 pages long, and a total of 35,604 words.

This makes it 47% the length of the average book. It also has 44% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Daytime Television Game Shows and the Celebration of Merchandise Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 14 minutes to read Daytime Television Game Shows and the Celebration of Merchandise aloud.

What Reading Level is Daytime Television Game Shows and the Celebration of Merchandise?

Daytime Television Game Shows and the Celebration of Merchandise is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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