This paper explores how the M4B (audiobook) format—typically reserved for narrated books—becomes an unexpected vessel for archiving and engaging with reality TV content, specifically I’m a Celebrity… Australia Season 17 . Rather than treating the M4B as a simple container for extracted audio, the paper argues that fan-created or repurposed M4B files of the season represent a form of para-television : a mobile, intimate, and decontextualized way of re-consuming camp-based reality drama. The format shifts viewer/listener relationships from visual spectacle to vocal performance, confessionals, and ambient camp sounds, creating a unique affective experience.
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