Dear Colleagues,
Please find below details about my new book Television in Transition: The Life and
Afterlife of the Narrative Action Hero (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010):
Combining an exciting methodology alongside high-interest case studies, Television in
Transition offers a guide to a medium that has weathered the challenges of first-run
syndication, a multi-channel universe, netlets, major media conglomerates, deregulation,
and globalization--all in the space of twenty years. This is a highly original explanation of
how innovation takes place within the television industry's management of predictability,
risk, and familiarity.
-Examines a return in television programming to action narratives with individual (super)
heroes intended to navigate this new, international, multi-channel universe
-Explores how television programming "translates" to new spatial geographies
-Looks at the value of a program's "afterlife," the continued circulation, repackaging and
repurposing of programming beyond its initial iteration
-Features illustrative case studies of popular programs including Highlander: The Series,
Smallville, 24, and Doctor Who
For further information, please visit the following links:
Television in Transition: The Life and Afterlife of the Narrative Action Hero
http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-140518535X.html
http://www.amazon.com/Television-Transition-Afterlife-Narrative-
Action/dp/140518535X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1275511041&sr=8-1
Thank you,
Shawn Shimpach
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication
University of Massachusetts
410 Machmer Hall
240 Hicks Way
Amherst, MA 01003
413-545-2341 (office)
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