Children and Reality TV




Office Hours show

Summary: Hilary Levey [1] talks to Jesse and Arturo about her Spring 2010 Contexts feature, Balloon Boy Plus Ei8ht? Children and Reality Television [2]. Download episode #39 now! [3] Also: check out Levey's editorial in USA Today [4] on the topic of Reality TV kids. And if you don't watch as much television as you know you should (it's ok—we don't judge), here are a few clips referenced in the interview: Jon & Kate Plus 8 Cute Kids [5]. (TLC disabled embedding). The Breakup: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEc-zpaIuqo Kid Nation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-U8yp_VZ28 NYC Prep http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBA-StyktEU [1] http://sites.google.com/site/hilarylevey/ [2] http://contexts.org/articles/spring-2010/balloon-boy-plus-ei8ht-children-and-reality-television/ [3] http://mediamill.cla.umn.edu/mediamill/download.php.mp3?orig=58234.mp3 [4] http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/2010-06-26-levey25_ST_N.htm [5] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKED-sPj3rM