Masculinity as focused by a lens : the neo-television’s "Constructing" of new identitiesin MTV’s Show Ex on the beach Poland

The article presents an analysis of an MTV’s show Ex on the Beach Poland, which focuses on male characters who exhibit masculinity "patterns" pro-moted ("constructed") by the reality show in question. First off, the show’s "format" is presented, including its specificity in the context of reality show genre deve-lopment in relation to the theory of paleo- and neo-television. The article’s subse-quent sections analyse the characters appearing in the second series of Ex on the Beach Poland. In the end, the conclusions are presented that pertain most of all to entirety of commercial side of promoting particular "patterns" of masculinity.