Time, Technology and Narrative Form in Contemporary US Television Drama: Pause, Rewind, Record
Author:   JP Kelly
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2017
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9783319631172


Pages:   279
Publication Date:   23 October 2017
Format:   Hardback
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Time, Technology and Narrative Form in Contemporary US Television Drama: Pause, Rewind, Record


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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.

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Author:   JP Kelly
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2017
Weight:   4.804kg
ISBN:  

9783319631172


ISBN 10:   3319631179
Pages:   279
Publication Date:   23 October 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. INTRODUCTION.- 2. PART I. POWER ON - A (Very) Brief History of Time: From Analogue to Digital.- 3. The Temporal Regimes of TVIII: From Broadcasting to Streaming.- 4. PART II. ACCELERATION -  In the “Perpetual Now”: Split-Screens, Simultaneity & Seriality.- 5. A Stretch of Time: Extended Distribution & Narrative Accumulation.- 6. PART III. COMPLEXITY - Time Shifting in TVIII: The Industrial, Textual & Paratextual Complexities of Prime Time Drama.- 7. ‘Remembering What Will Be’: Prolepsis, Pre-sales, & Premediation in TVIII.- 8. PART IV. RETROSPECTION - Deja View: Media, Memory & Marketing in TVIII.- 9. CONCLUSION -“Previously On…”: Recapping the Narrative and Distributive Temporalities of TVIII.

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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.

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