Description - Television in Transition by Shawn Shimpach
Combining an exciting methodology alongside high-interest case
studies, Television in Transition offers students
of television a guide to a medium that has weathered the challenges
of first-run syndication, a multi-channel universe, netlets, major
media conglomerates, deregulation, and globalization--all in the
space of twenty years.
Examines a return in television programming to action
narratives with individual (super) heroes intended to navigate this
new, international, multi-channel universe
Explores how television programming "translates" to new spatial
geographies: different nations, cultures, broadcast systems; and
different formats, distribution outlets, and screen sizes
Looks at the value of a program's "afterlife," the continued
circulation, repackaging and repurposing of programming beyond its
initial iteration
Blends institutional and textual analyses in case
studies of Highlander: The Series, Smallville, 24,
and Doctor Who
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