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Flagging Finnishness: Reproducing National Identity in Reality Television

Minna Aslama

University of Helsinki

Mervi Pantti

University of Amsterdam

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.

Key Words: reality television • national identity • global television culture

Television & New Media, Vol. 8, No. 1, 49-67 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1527476406296263
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