Overview

This essay collection explores the phenomenon of ""teen TV"" in the United States, analyzing the meanings and manifestations of this category of programming from a variety of perspectives. Part One views teen television through an industrial perspective, examining how networks such as WB, UPN, The CW, and The N have created a unique economic framework based on demographic niches and teen-focused narrowcasting. Part Two focuses on popular teen programs from a cultural context, evaluating how such programs reflect and at times stretch the envelope of the cultural contexts in which they are created. Finally, Part Three explores the cultures of reception (including the realms of teen consumerism, fan discourse, and unofficial production) through which teens and consumers of teen media have become authors of the teenage experience in their own right.

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Author:   Sharon Marie Ross ,  Louisa Ellen Stein
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.354kg
ISBN:  

9780786435890

ISBN 10:   0786435895
Pages:   259
Publication Date:   05 April 2008
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface      Introduction: Watching Teen TV      Part I—The Industrial Context of Teen TV      27 1. TV Teen Club: Teen TV as Safe Harbor Jeff Martin      2. Teen Television and the WB Television Network Valerie Wee      43 3. Defining Teen Culture: The N Network Sharon Marie Ross      61 4. Rocking Prime Time: Gender, the WB, and Teen Culture Ben Aslinger      78 Part II—Teens on TV      5. “Normal is the watchword”: Exiling Cultural Anxieties and Redefining Desire from the Margins Caralyn Bolte      6. Riding the Third Wave: The Multiple Feminisms of Gilmore Girls Francesca Gamber      114 7. “That girl of yours—she’s pretty hardboiled, huh?”: Detecting Feminism in Veronica Mars Andrea Braithwaite      8. The Portrait of an Artist as a Young Fan: Consumption and Queer Inspiration in Six Feet Under Barbara Brickman      150 9. “They stole me”: The O.C., Masculinity, and the Strategies of Teen Sue Turnbull      170 Part III—Cultures of Reception      10. Fashion Sleuths and Aerie Girls: Veronica Mars’ Forums and Network Strategies of Fan Address Jennifer Gillan      185 11. The Adventures of a Repressed Farm Boy and the Billionaire Who Loves Him: Queer Spectatorship in Smallville Fandom Melanie E.S. Kohnen      207 12. Pushing at the Margins: Teenage Angst in Teen TV and Audience Response Louisa Ellen Stein      224 Contributors      Index     

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"""fascinating...amazing...required reading for anyone in the film and/or television industry...fascinating and interesting""--Canyon News."

fascinating...amazing...required reading for anyone in the film and/or television industry...fascinating and interesting --Canyon News.

Author Information

Sharon Marie Ross is an assistant professor in the television department at Columbia College, Chicago. She has written extensively about television, and is currently the associate editor for the Journal of International Digital Media Arts Association. She lives in Chicago. Louisa Ellen Stein is an assistant professor of film and media culture at Middlebury College in Vermont. She has written previously on contemporary media culture, including film, television, the Internet and videogames.

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