Storytelling Industries

Anthony N. Smith is Lecturer in Television Theory at the University of Salford, UK. He has published articles in New Media & Society, Television & New Media and Critical Studies in Television, and is also co-editor of Storytelling in the Media Convergence Age: Exploring Screen Narratives (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014).

“A solid and engaging examination of narrative and medium in the entertainment industries that will appeal to scholars in a wide range of fields related to media studies. This is an ambitious manuscript that accomplishes its goal of discussing the narrative differences between and within serial media in the current entertainment industries. … One of the things that makes this book such a joy to read is the wealth of information provided here.” (Jessica Bay, Projections, Vol. 15 (1), 2021)“This is an impressive study, drawing on significant archival resources, that dazzles with the breadth of knowledge of different fields, … to simplify occasionally.” (Elke Weissmann, Critical Studies in Television, Vol. 14(1), 2019)

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Narratives in the Media Convergence Era: The Industrial Dimensions of Medium Specificity.- 3. Economic Specificity in Narrative Design: the Business of Television Drama Storytelling.- 4. Audience Specificity in Narrative Design: Comic-Book Storytelling in the Inclusivity Era.- 5. Technological Specificity in Narrative Design: Story-Driven Videogame Series in an Upgrade Culture.- 6. Conclusion.