Binge-Watching and Contemporary Television Studies

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

Focuses on binge-watching and its role in contemporary television studiesIncludes original research from different sub-fields of television studiesDevelops a nuanced understanding of binge-watching by exploring it from the perspectives of fan studies, audience research, transnational television studies and narratologyTakes an in-depth look at contemporary television cultureIndividual authors have exchanged and developed ideas together, creating consistency and coherency across the collection'Binge-watching' has become an umbrella term for a number of analytical questions in contemporary television studies, serving to describe the structure, marketing and publication model of Netflix and other streaming platforms.Because the term describes a range of different ideas linked to streaming television programming, research on binge-watching can bring together a number of different and related questions. This edited collection explores binge-watching and its role in contemporary television from the perspectives of fan studies, audience research, transnational television studies and narratology. This breadth of scope makes it possible to explore a broad variety of meanings and functions of the term and concept in contemporary television studies.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-07-17
Mått:156 x 234 x 16 mm
Vikt:417 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:296
Förlag:Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:9781474461993

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Referensverk och tvärvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Television inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Mareike Jenner is a researcher at Anglia Ruskin University. Her research focusses on Streaming, American Television, and Middlebrow Television. Her edited collection Binge-Watching and Contemporary Television Studies was published by Edinburgh University Press in 2021. Her previous work includes the monographs Netflix and the Re-Invention of Television and American TV Detective Dramas.

Recensioner i media

There is much useful material in this collection, with detailed case studies of series such as J´ulia Havas and Tanya Horeck’s feminist critique of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015-9) and Unbelievable (2019), Stevens’s discussion of fan responses to Starsky and Hutch (1975-79) and Orcun Can’s analysis of the narrative structure of Gilmore Girls (2000-7). The writing is clear and accessible; the evident hesitancy throughout in asserting boundaries and definitions helpfully symbolises the messiness of television and indicates understandable caution on the part of the authors, especially for concepts such as this that circulate outside of academia.

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgementsAuthor bios1. IntroductionSection I: Bingeing fans2. Historical Binge-Watching: Marathon Viewing on Videotape, E. Charlotte Stevens3. "A small Christmas for me": A Study of Binge-Watching and Fan Engagement on Reddit, Rhiannon Bury4. Binge-Watching and Fandom: Conclusion, Rhiannon Bury and E. Charlotte StevensSection II: Binge-Watching Audiences5. Commercial Constructions of Binge-Viewers: A Typology of the New and Improved Couch Potato as Seen on TV, Emil Steiner6. Binge-Watching Conditions and Multitasking: The Enjoyable Ephemeral, Lisa Glebatis Perks7. What Defines a Binge? Elapsed Time Versus Episodes, Ri Pierce-Grove8. Binge-watching and the organization of everyday life, Lothar Mikos & Deborah Castro9. Conclusion: Binge-Watching Audience Typologies, Lisa Perks, Emil Steiner, Ri Pierce-Grove, Lothar MikosSection III: Transnational Bingeing10. National, Transnational, Transcultural Media: Netflix – The Culture-Binge, B. G.-Stolz11. National TV as transnational ‘cinematic’ object: How binge-consumption frames the critical vocabulary, Robert Watts12. Transnationalising Genre: Netflix, Teen Drama and Textual Dimensions in Netflix Transnationalism, by Mareike Jenner13. Conclusion: Transnational Bingeing, B. G.-Stolz, Robert Watts and Mareike JennerSection IV: Binge-Watching Narratives14. Digressions and Recaps: The Bingeable Narrative, Lynn Kozak and Martin Zeller-Jacques15. ‘Next Episode in 5…’ – Binge-watching and Narrative in Streaming Television Comedy, Tom Hemingway16. The Bingeable Ms. Gilmore: A Comparative Analysis of Narrative Structure in Broadcast TV Show ‘Gilmore Girls’ and Netflix Original Show ‘Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life’, Orcun Can17. Netflix Feminism: Binge-watching Rape Culture in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Unbelievable, Julia Havas and Tanya Horeck18. Conclusion: Bingeing Narratives, Lynn Kozak and Martin Zeller-Jacques, Tom Hemingway, Orcun Can, Julia Havas and Tanya Horeck