Transatlantic Television Drama: Industries, Programs, and Fans

ISBN-13: 9780190663131 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 332 str.

Michele Hilmes; Matt Hills; Roberta Pearson

Opis

Transatlantic Television Drama looks at how serial dramas like Black Mirror captivate US audiences, and what this reveals about the ways Americans and Brits relate to each other on and off the screen.

Recenzje

This is a varied and wide-ranging collection that shows almost unfailing excellence (unsurprisingly given the calibre of many of the authors included); it is a valuable addition to this rapidly expanding field.

O autorze

Michele Hilmes is Professor Emerita at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she taught media studies for more than twenty years. Her books include Hollywood and Broadcasting: From Radio to Cable, Radio Voices: American Broadcasting 1922-1952, Network Nations: A Transnational History of British and American Broadcasting, and Only Connect: A Cultural History of Broadcasting in the United States. Roberta Pearson is Professor of Film and Television Studies at the University of Nottingham. Her books include Many More Lives of the Batman, Star Trek and American Television, Reading Lost: Perspectives on a Hit Television Show and Cult Television. Matt Hills is Professor of Media and Film at the University of Huddersfield, UK, and co-director of the Centre for Participatory Culture based there. His monographs include Fan Cultures, The Pleasures of Horror, Triumph of a Time Lord and Doctor Who: The Unfolding Event. He has published more than a hundred journal articles/book chapters on media fandom.