Complex TV: The Poetics of Contemporary Television Storytelling

by Jason Mittell

Book Overview

A comprehensive and sustained analysis of the development of storytelling for television

Over the past two decades, new technologies, changing viewer practices, and the proliferation of genres and channels has transformed American television. One of the most notable impacts of these shifts is the emergence of highly complex and elaborate forms of serial narrative, resulting in a robust period of formal experimentation and risky programming...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814769608
• ISBN13: 9780814769607
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.8"