Frankenbite en · NOUN
Etymology
From Franken- + bite, where bite refers to a sound bite.
Meanings
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An audio clip on reality TV that appears to be a single, contiguous interview line, but is in fact built from several disparate recorded audio clips edited together.
Editors work together with writers to splice together lines in what are known as "Frankenbites" to help create storylines with more comedic or dramatic impact.
2015, Peter B. Orlik, Media Criticism in a Digital Age, →ISBN:The "they sign up for this" part of the quote seems to refer specifically to cast members, but Pozner uses the Frankenbite example to reinforce the fact that viewers are being lied to as well, manipulated into seeing a reality that was never really there and buying into whatever moral judgment is neatly manufactured by that contrivance.
2018, Lucas Mann, Captive Audience: On Love and Reality TV, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frankenbites | Number=Plur | lexicographic |