An EconoTimes perspective

Rebecca Trelease

Senior Lecturer in Communication Studies, Auckland University of Technology

Senior Lecturer in Communication Studies, Auckland University of Technology Māori Early Career Academic at AUT University. Research Fellow 2018-2019, Senior Lecturer 2019 - current. PhD Topic - Four Case Studies in Entertainment Reality Television; Survivor, The Bachelor, The Real Housewives, and American Idol. (AUT, Awarded 2022). Master of Educational Leadership (AUT, Awarded 2022). McAlister, J. and Trelease, R. Scandalous romance down under: Becoming and unbecoming a heroine in The Bachelor/ette Australia and The Bachelorette New Zealand. Journal of Popular Romance Studies 12. 2023 (Journal Article) Trelease, R. The Survivor cross-season narrative and its debt to soap opera. Journal of Popular Culture 54(3):495-514. 2021 (Journal Article) Johnson, R. and Trelease, R. Glocalization, Hard-won Status and Performative Femininity: A Case Study of The Real Housewives Format. Journal of Asia-Pacific Pop Culture 3(2):324-341. 2018 (Journal Article)