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) [log in to unmask] ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]