Flagging Finnishness: Reproducing National Identity in Reality Television

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Beteiligte: Aslama, Minna, Pantti, Mervi
In: Television & New Media, 8, 2007, 1, S. 49-67
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SAGE Publications
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Umfang: 49-67
ISSN: 1527-4764
1552-8316
DOI: 10.1177/1527476406296263
veröffentlicht in: Television & New Media
Sprache: Englisch
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Kollektion: SAGE Publications (CrossRef)
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<jats:p> The worldwide success of reality television has received plenty of academic and public attention. All the debates seem both implicitly and explicitly to address reality TV as a global phenomenon, but little attention has been given to any national characteristics that may emerge in its localized variations. In this article, using a Finnish adventure show Extreme Escapades as a case, we argue that national television still plays an important role in constructing national identities; that reality television as a popular cultural product should be viewed in the context of “banal nationalism” and that the genre may indeed redefine the meaning of national television in the globalized media sphere. </jats:p>