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The portrayal of surveillance through \u2018reality TV\u2019 as a form of entertainment and self-expression can thus be understood as playing an important role in training viewers and consumers for their role in an \u2018interactive\u2019 economy. This article relies on interviews with cast members and producers of MTV\u2019s popular reality show \u2018Road Rules\u2019, to explore the form of subjectivity that corresponds to its implicit definition of \u2018reality\u2019. This form of subjectivity reinforces the promise of the interactive economy to democratize production by relinquishing control to consumers and viewers. 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