Beyond the Box: Television and the Internet

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Wiley, Aug 11, 2008 - Computers - 270 pages
Beyond the Box gives students and couch potatoes alike a better understanding of what it means to watch television in an era of profound technological change.
  • Charts the revolution in television viewing that is currently underway in living rooms across the world
  • Probes how the Internet’s development has altered how television is made and consumed
  • Looks at a range of topics and programmes - from voting practices on American Idol to online forums for Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans
  • Offers a fresh and innovative perspective that focuses on the shift in audience experience and how it has blurred established boundaries

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Contents

of Xena and Buffy
35
Power to the People or the Industry? American Idol
71
Teen Expectations
124
Copyright

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Sharon Marie Ross is Assistant Professor of television studies in the Television Department at Columbia College, Chicago, where she teaches critical analysis of TV.