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Author: Jonathan Gray Publisher: NYU Press ISBN: 0814732348 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 261
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Highlights the trailers, merchandising and cultural conversations that shape our experiences of film and television It is virtually impossible to watch a movie or TV show without preconceived notions because of the hype that precedes them, while a host of media extensions guarantees them a life long past their air dates. An onslaught of information from print media, trailers, internet discussion, merchandising, podcasts, and guerilla marketing, we generally know something about upcoming movies and TV shows well before they are even released or aired. The extras, or “paratexts,” that surround viewing experiences are far from peripheral, shaping our understanding of them and informing our decisions about what to watch or not watch and even how to watch before we even sit down for a show. Show Sold Separately gives critical attention to this ubiquitous but often overlooked phenomenon, examining paratexts like DVD bonus materials for The Lord of the Rings, spoilers for Lost, the opening credits of The Simpsons, Star Wars actions figures, press reviews for Friday Night Lights, the framing of Batman Begins, the videogame of The Thing, and the trailers for The Sweet Hereafter. Plucking these extra materials from the wings and giving them the spotlight they deserve, Jonathan Gray examines the world of film and television that exists before and after the show.
Author: Jonathan Gray Publisher: NYU Press ISBN: 0814732348 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 261
Book Description
Highlights the trailers, merchandising and cultural conversations that shape our experiences of film and television It is virtually impossible to watch a movie or TV show without preconceived notions because of the hype that precedes them, while a host of media extensions guarantees them a life long past their air dates. An onslaught of information from print media, trailers, internet discussion, merchandising, podcasts, and guerilla marketing, we generally know something about upcoming movies and TV shows well before they are even released or aired. The extras, or “paratexts,” that surround viewing experiences are far from peripheral, shaping our understanding of them and informing our decisions about what to watch or not watch and even how to watch before we even sit down for a show. Show Sold Separately gives critical attention to this ubiquitous but often overlooked phenomenon, examining paratexts like DVD bonus materials for The Lord of the Rings, spoilers for Lost, the opening credits of The Simpsons, Star Wars actions figures, press reviews for Friday Night Lights, the framing of Batman Begins, the videogame of The Thing, and the trailers for The Sweet Hereafter. Plucking these extra materials from the wings and giving them the spotlight they deserve, Jonathan Gray examines the world of film and television that exists before and after the show.
Author: Jonathan Gray Publisher: NYU Press ISBN: 0814731996 Category : Humor Languages : en Pages : 298
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This work examines what happens when comedy becomes political, and politics become funny. A series of original essays focus on a range of programmes, from 'The Daily Show' to 'South Park'.
Author: Lolly Winston Publisher: Hachette+ORM ISBN: 0759516189 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 209
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A darkly funny and messy love story about the struggle to live happily ever after after the after, by the New York Times bestselling author of Good Grief. Elinor Mackey has always done the right thing-college, law school, career, marriage-but now everything's gone wrong. In her late thirties, Elinor has discovered that she can't have children; all the doctors can tell her is that it's because of her age. She withdraws from her podiatrist husband, Ted, into an interior world of heartbreak. Her closest companion? The tree in her backyard. But since everything in her life is going from bad to worse, soon, despite the best efforts of the tree doctor, her tree must be cut down. Ted Mackey has always done the right thing, too. He started going to the gym and lost weight, got on track, got in The Zone. But when he uncharacteristically has an affair with his personal trainer ? who has an odd-ball son who latches on to Ted like a barnacle -- he has to figure out how to make everything right (even if he's not sure what right even means anymore). In a complicated dance of partners, lovers and admirers, Happiness Sold Seperately delightfully shows that sometimes love with the wrong person is sometimes right.
Author: Timothy Havens Publisher: NYU Press ISBN: 0814760767 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 228
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“Black Television Travels provides a detailed and insightful view of the roots and routes of the televisual representations of blackness on the transnational media landscape. By following the circulation of black cultural products and their institutionalized discourses—including industry lore, taste cultures, and the multiple stories of black experiences that have and have not made it onto the small screen—Havens complicates discussions of racial representation and exposes possibilities for more expansive representations of blackness while recognizing the limitations of the seemingly liberatory spaces created by globalization.” —Bambi Haggins, Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies at Arizona State University “A major achievement that makes important contributions to the analysis of race, identity, global media, nation, and television production cultures. Discussions of race and television are too often constricted within national boundaries, yet this fantastic book offers a strong, compelling, and utterly refreshing corrective. Read it, assign it, use it.” —Jonathan Gray, author of Television Entertainment, Television Studies, and Show Sold Separately Black Television Travels explores the globalization of African American television and the way in which foreign markets, programming strategies, and viewer preferences have influenced portrayals of African Americans on the small screen. Television executives have been notoriously slow to recognize the potential popularity of black characters and themes, both at home and abroad. As American television brokers increasingly seek revenues abroad, their assumptions about saleability and audience perceptions directly influence the global circulation of these programs, as well as their content. Black Television Travels aims to reclaim the history of African American television circulation in an effort to correct and counteract this predominant industry lore. Based on interviews with television executives and programmers from around the world, as well as producers in the United States, Havens traces the shift from an era when national television networks often blocked African American television from traveling abroad to the transnational, post-network era of today. While globalization has helped to expand diversity in African American television, particularly in regard to genre, it has also resulted in restrictions, such as in the limited portrayal of African American women in favor of attracting young male demographics across racial and national boundaries. Havens underscores the importance of examining boardroom politics as part of racial discourse in the late modern era, when transnational cultural industries like television are the primary sources for dominant representations of blackness.
Author: Cheyenne McCray Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 9780312946432 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 404
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"New York Times"-bestselling author McCray takes her acclaimed Night Tracker series one chilling step forward--where the undead roam the streets of New York City. Original.
Author: Laurie Ouellette Publisher: NYU Press ISBN: 1479883654 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 235
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The Essential vocabulary of Media Studies Keywords for Media Studies introduces and aims to advance the field of critical media studies by tracing, defining, and problematizing its established and emergent terminology. The book historicizes thinking about media and society, whether that means noting a long history of "new media," or tracing how understandings of media "power" vary across time periods and knowledge formations. Bringing together an impressive group of established scholars from television studies, film studies, sound studies, games studies, and more, each of the 65 essays in the volume focuses on a critical concept, from "fan" to "industry," and "celebrity" to "surveillance." Keywords for Media Studies is an essential tool that introduces key terms, research traditions, debates, and their histories, and offers a sense of the new frontiers and questions emerging in the field of media studies.
Author: Ellen Meister Publisher: MIRA ISBN: 1488055319 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 352
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“Readers looking for a light beach read will enjoy the engaging writing and compelling plot.”—Library Journal “A great romp of a read”—Candace Bushnell, New York Times bestselling author of SEX AND THE CITY Bright lights, big trouble… Dana Barry has nothing against rules. She just knows they’re meant to be bent. So it’s no wonder the single, twentysomething, aspiring actress loses her day job. Now her life is a mess… until she hears the Shopping Channel is auditioning. Relying on her knack for knowing what makes people tick, she lands a gig on air. But before she can say office politics, Dana is caught in the biggest drama of her life. The star host—a diva who terrorized the entire staff—is found dead. Dana knows the prime suspect is innocent. The heat is on, and Dana thinks she’s ready for it…until she tangles with the tall, dark and smoldering detective in charge. It’s more fuel than she needs right now as she’s trying to launch her career. But Dana’s never been afraid to take chances…even when a single spark could ignite everything.
Author: George Koufalis Publisher: ISBN: 9780692861622 Category : Languages : en Pages : 160
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This book is both a testament to the triumph of the spirit and roadmap for success. What does it take to achieve a real breakthrough in your life, be happy, and win the "battle of your mind?" What are the mysterious forces that conspire to cripple us emotionally, psychologically, and socially? Even more importantly, how do we permanently overcome them and confidently, boldly, and joyfully reclaim our lives? You are about to find out. This is the story of George "GK" Koufalis, a boy who lost his innocence early on and grew up with the constant companionship of painful hardships and suffering, yet never gave up on his quest for something better. Despite all the odds stacked against him early on, he learned to fight for his happiness and succeed against the mental demons that plagued him. GK used the bricks of failure, struggle, and pain to build a solid foundation for the successful, fulfilling and inspired life he enjoys today. Today, that boy educates, instructs and inspires others on how they can improve their lives by following a simple success system he developed to overcome the adversities in his own life. Success leaves clues, and this book is filled with them. GK's 21-Day Blueprint will empower you for a more positive and powerful you. This unique system will reprogram your philosophy to drive new actions and deliver desired results. This autobiography is complemented by workshop based exercises to aid in your personal journey and discovery. Ultimately, it will not only show you that optimism and love can conquer all, but it will also prove it! When applied, GK's super-simple, practical and positive action steps will help you improve your course in life from where you are to where you want to be. And what is positive besides the rose-tinted glasses many of us would assume, it is the accurate response to any situation. As we all know, it's not what happens to us that is the major factor for our results; it's how we respond to what happens. If you ever needed a simple road map to your better life, here it is.
Author: L. Geraghty Publisher: Springer ISBN: 1137350377 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 256
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Popular Media Cultures explores the relationship between audiences and media texts, their paratexts and interconnected ephemera. Authors focus on the cultural work done by media audiences, how they engage with social media and how convergence culture impacts on the strategies and activities of popular media fans.
Author: Jonathan Gray Publisher: NYU Press ISBN: 1479809268 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 269
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Explains why audiences dislike certain media and what happens when they do The study and discussion of media is replete with talk of fans, loves, stans, likes, and favorites, but what of dislikes, distastes, and alienation? Dislike-Minded draws from over two-hundred qualitative interviews to probe what the media’s failures, wounds, and sore spots tell us about media culture, taste, identity, representation, meaning, textuality, audiences, and citizenship. The book refuses the simplicity of Pierre Bourdieu’s famous dictum that dislike is (only) snobbery. Instead, Jonathan Gray pushes onward to uncover other explanations for what it ultimately means to dislike specific artifacts of television, film, and other media, and why this dislike matters. As we watch and listen through gritted teeth, Dislike-Minded listens to what is being said, and presents a bold case for a new line of audience research within communication, media, and cultural studies.
Author: Jonathan Gray
Author: Jonathan Gray
Author: Jonathan Gray
Author: Lolly Winston
Author: Timothy Havens
Author: Cheyenne McCray
Author: Laurie Ouellette
Author: Ellen Meister
Author: George Koufalis
Author: L. Geraghty
Author: Jonathan Gray