Binge-Watching and Contemporary Television Research

book: Binge-Watching and Contemporary Television Research

Open Access Published by Edinburgh University Press 2021

Binge-Watching and Contemporary Television Research

Edited by: Mareike Jenner

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474462006

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Contents

About this book

Focuses on binge-watching and its role in contemporary television studies

Includes original research from different sub-fields of television studies
Develops a nuanced understanding of binge-watching by exploring it from the perspectives of fan studies, audience research, transnational television studies and narratology
Takes an in-depth look at contemporary television culture
Individual authors have exchanged and developed ideas together, creating consistency and coherency across the collection

‘Binge-watching’ has become an umbrella term for a number of analytical questions in contemporary television studies, serving to describe the structure, marketing and publication model of Netflix and other streaming platforms.

Because the term describes a range of different ideas linked to streaming television programming, research on binge-watching can bring together a number of different and related questions. This edited collection explores binge-watching and its role in contemporary television from the perspectives of fan studies, audience research, transnational television studies and narratology. This breadth of scope makes it possible to explore a broad variety of meanings and functions of the term and concept in contemporary television studies.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Notes on Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	x
Chapter 1 Introduction Mareike Jenner Open Access Download PDF	1
Part I Bingeing Fans
Chapter 2 Historical Binge-Watching: Marathon Viewing on Videotape E. Charlotte Stevens Open Access Download PDF	21
Chapter 3 ‘A small Christmas for me’: A Study of Binge-Watching and Fan Engagement on Reddit Rhiannon Bury Open Access Download PDF	40
Chapter 4 Binge-Watching and Fandom: Conclusion Rhiannon Bury Open Access Download PDF	59
Part II Binge-Watching Audiences
Chapter 5 Commercial Constructions of Binge-Viewers: A Typology of the New and Improved Couch Potato as Seen on TV Emil Steiner Open Access Download PDF	63
Chapter 6 Binge-Watching Conditions and Multitasking: The Enjoyable Ephemeral Lisa Glebatis Perks Open Access Download PDF	82
Chapter 7 What Defines a Binge? Elapsed Time versus Episodes Ri Pierce-Grove Open Access Download PDF	98
Chapter 8 Binge-Watching and the Organisation of Everyday Life Lothar Mikos and Deborah Castro Open Access Download PDF	112
Chapter 9 Binge-Watching Audience Typologies: Conclusion Lisa Perks, Emil Steiner, Ri Pierce-Grove and Lothar Mikos Open Access Download PDF	131
Part III Transnational Bingeing
Chapter 10 National, Transnational, Transcultural Media: Netflix – The Culture-Binge B. G. Stolz Open Access Download PDF	143
Chapter 11 National TV as Transnational ‘Cinematic’ Object: How Binge-Consumption Frames the Critical Vocabulary Robert Watts Open Access Download PDF	162
Chapter 12 Transnationalising Genre: Netflix, Teen Drama and Textual Dimensions in Netflix Transnationalism Mareike Jenner Open Access Download PDF	183
Chapter 13 Transnational Bingeing: Conclusion B. G. Stolz, Robert Watts and Mareike Jenner Open Access Download PDF	201
Part IV Binge-Watching Narratives
Chapter 14 Digressions and Recaps: The Bingeable Narrative Lynn Kozak and Martin Zeller-Jacques Open Access Download PDF	205
Chapter 15 ‘Next Episode in 5 . . .’ – Binge-Watching and Narrative in Streaming Television Comedy Tom Hemingway Open Access Download PDF	224
Chapter 16 The Bingeable Ms Gilmore: A Comparative Analysis of Narrative Structure in Broadcast TV Show Gilmore Girls and Netflix Original Show Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life Orcun Can Open Access Download PDF	236
Chapter 17 Netflix Feminism: Binge-Watching Rape Culture in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Unbelievable Júlia Havas and Tanya Horeck Open Access Download PDF	250
Chapter 18 Bingeing Narratives: Conclusion Lynn Kozak, Martin Zeller-Jacques, Tom Hemingway, Orcun Can, Júlia Havas and Tanya Horeck Open Access Download PDF	274
Index Open Access Download PDF	278

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 296
Illustrations
- Other: 15 B/W illustrations
Keywords: Film, Media & Cultural Studies

eBook

Published: April 21, 2022
ISBN: 9781474462006