TV & Society

The Multiverse as Theory in Postmodern Speculative Fictional Narratives considers the concept of the multiverse beyond the immediacy of being merel...

During the 1980s, U.S. television experienced a reinvigoration of the family sitcom genre. In TV Family Values, Alice Leppert focuses on the impact...

What happened when Sesame Street and Big Brother were adapted for African audiences? Or when video games Final Fantasy and Assassins Creed were loc...

Against a backdrop of increased online distribution of media, this book provides an in-depth analysis of how the platformisation of television is b...

Against a backdrop of increased online distribution of media, this book provides an in-depth analysis of how the platformisation of television is b...

How Popular Culture Destroys Our Political Imagination: Capitalism and Its Alternatives in Film and Television explores the representations of capi...

How Popular Culture Destroys Our Political Imagination: Capitalism and Its Alternatives in Film and Television explores the representations of capi...

It is often assumed that those outside of academia know very little about the Middle Ages. But the truth is not so simple. Non-specialists in fact ...

This fascinating work provides an up-to-date examination of shifts in the nature and impact of TV and video watching that have largely been driven ...

This fascinating work provides an up-to-date examination of shifts in the nature and impact of TV and video watching that have largely been driven ...

This book explores the empirical and theoretical significance of understanding television as a dynamic technology, a creative industry, and a vibra...

This book explores the empirical and theoretical significance of understanding television as a dynamic technology, a creative industry, and a vibra...

Although television has developed into a major agent of the transnational and global flow of information and entertainment, television historiograp...

This work looks at the gendered nature of the US video gaming industry. Although there were attempts to incorporate women into development roles an...

Sport occupies a central position in Irish social and cultural life, yet has been relatively marginal within the academy. Significant research has ...

This book is a well-researched compendium that gives insight into critical issues as well as emerging perspectives in broadcasting and promises to ...

This all-new edition of the best-selling guide The TV Showrunners Roadmap provides readers with the tools for creating, writing, and managing your ...

And Finally is the injection of cheer we all need in these rather depressing times. This heart-warming book takes a look at the very b...

Although not considered a formal area of study, scholarship on the uses, content, and effects of entertaining media has been central to communicati...

This book offers an insightful reappraisal of international broadcasting as discursive rather than soft power in service of democratic statecraft. ...

As LGBTQ claims acquire global relevance, how do sexual politics impact the study of International Relations? This book argues that LGBTQ perspecti...

The first two seasons of Star Trek: Discovery, the newest instalment in the long-running and influential Star Trek franchise, received media and ac...

In TV Snapshots, Lynn Spigel explores snapshots of people posing in front of their television sets in the 1950s through the early 1970s. Like today...

In TV Snapshots, Lynn Spigel explores snapshots of people posing in front of their television sets in the 1950s through the early 1970s. Like today...

This research-based textbook covers 15 chapters on food, film, shopping, medical, ghost, and suicide tourism, based on research conducted over 15 y...

Doctor Who is a BBC transmedia franchise that has lasted over sixty years. Its fanbase boasts a substantial following of gay men. This book asks wh...

Best-sellers are the books that sell well, are read by large numbers of people, and are widely talked about in the media and among readers. Yet the...

This collection explores the impact of Covid-19 on the production and consumption of television and film content in the English-speaking world. Off...

In January 2024, Succession won four Golden Globes - including Best Drama - from a record 13 nominations, cementing the truth in stone: no other sh...

An artful and contemplative tribute to the late actor famed for his role as Dylan McKay in Beverly Hills, 90210.Best known for playing loner rebel ...

Never before have we lived in a time in which sport and gay identity are more visible, discussed, debatedand even celebrated. However, in an era in...

Since the late 1970s, Australia has nurtured a creative and resilient childrens television production sector with a global reputation for excellenc...

This book uses the case study of public television in post-communist Latvia to explore the question of how audiences respond to TV offerings, and h...

The past twenty years have seen major changes in the ways that television formats and programming are developed and replicated internationally for ...

Yoga gurus on lifestyle cable channels targeting time-pressured Indian urbanites; Chinese dating shows promoting competitive individualism; Taiwane...

Yoga gurus on lifestyle cable channels targeting time-pressured Indian urbanites; Chinese dating shows promoting competitive individualism; Taiwane...

What becomes of life, experience, and truth in the hyperconsumeristic culture of the twenty-first century? What happens to the phenomenological cal...

In 1990, American television experienced a seismic shift when Twin Peaks premiered, eschewing formulaic plots and clear lines between heroes and vi...

This interdisciplinary volume introduces the field of Kardashian Studies through collections of essays based in sociology, media studies, cultural ...

The De Gruyter Handbook of Humor Studies consolidates the cumulative contributions in theory and research on humor from 57 international scholars r...

How mid-century television anthologies reflected and shaped US values and identities. From the late 1940s to the early 1960s, anthology dramas pres...