Description
This book examines how television has been transformed over the past twenty years by the introduction of new viewing technologies including DVDs, DVRs and streaming services such as Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime. It shows that these platforms have profoundly altered the ways we access and watch television, enabling viewers to pause, rewind, record and archive the once irreversible flow of broadcast TV. JP Kelly argues that changes in the technological landscape of television has encouraged the production of narrative forms that both explore and embody new industrial temporalities. Focusing on US television but also considering the role of TV within a global marketplace, the author identifies three distinct narrative temporalities: "acceleration" (24; Prison Break), "complexity" (Lost; FlashForward), and "retrospection" (Mad Men). Through industrial-textual analysis of television shows, this cross-disciplinary study locates these narrative temporalities in their socio-cultural contexts and examines connections between production, distribution, and narrative form in the contemporary television industry.
About the Author
JP Kelly is Lecturer in Television and Digital Media at Royal Holloway College, University of London, UK. He has published original research and reviews in The Conversation, CST Online, The Journal of Popular Communication, The Journal of American Studies and Convergence.
Book Information
ISBN 9783319631172
Author JP Kelly
Format Hardback
Page Count 279
Imprint Springer International Publishing AG
Publisher Springer International Publishing AG
Weight(grams) 4804g
