Reposted by Bethany Johnsen Creed
"Why is it that so many reality dating shows use formats that recall the courtship rituals of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century novels?" Miranda Hoegberg compares forms old and new.
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The Best Use of the Worst Story: Realism and Reality TV - The Rambling
Miranda Hoegberg considers how couples learn about each other through watching reality dating shows—and what this might mean about how we learn in general from didactic forms like the realist novel. A...