M. King Adkins

Television Storyworlds as Virtual Space

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Produktbeschreibung

This book focuses on television as a form of virtual reality, the most recent in a long evolution of artistic technologies. Drawing on storyworld theory, it examines TV subjects including title sequences, children's television, science fiction and postapocalyptic programs, and the relationship between television and the postmodern condition.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 170
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781498529600
• ISBN-10: 1498529607
• Artikelnr.: 52639577

Autorenporträt

M. King Adkins is associate professor at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction: TV, A Vast . . . Land Chapter 1. "Where
Everybody Knows Your Name": TV Worlds Chapter 2. "Land Spreadin' Out So Far
and Wide": The TV Medium Chapter 3. "I'm the Map, I'm the Map, I'm the
Map": TV's Storyworld Techniques Chapter 4. "Same Bat Time, Same Bat
Channel": Opening Credits Chapter 5. "Can You Tell Me How to Get, How to
Get to Sesame Street?": Kid's TV and Chapter 6. "To Boldly Go Where No One
Has Gone Before": Reinventing the World Chapter 7. "Walk the Straight and
Narrow Track": Developing Worlds Chapter 8. "These Are Their Stories":
Postmodern Spaces Chapter 9. "Next Time, on Arrested Development": Of TV
Endings Bibliography List of TV Shows Referenced Index About the Author