Abstrak
Combining an exciting methodology alongside high?interest case studies, Television in Transition offers students of television 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. 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 : different nations, cultures, broadcast systems; and different formats, distribution outlets, and screen sizes.
