"[This book features a discussion of the following] ... the global circulation and local adaptation of reality TV formats and franchises; the production of fame and celebrity around reality TV formats and franchises; the production of fame and celebrity around hitherto "ordinary" people; the fierce loyalties to local representatives; the imagined communities bonding across regional and ethnic divides; and the struggle over the meanings and values of reality TV across a range of national regional, gendered, classed and religious contexts." (Quoted from book)