Beyond the Box
Television and the Internet

"This smart, clear, and insightful book delves into developments in today’s TV industry, making sense of generational shifts, new textual strategies, and technological changes. Students will no doubt find their own media experiences theorised between these covers. Welcome to TV studies 2.0!"
–Matt Hills, author of Fan Cultures

Sharon Marie Ross (Author)

9781405161237, Wiley

Hardback, published 1 August 2008

279 pages
23.6 x 16 x 2 cm, 0.535 kg

"Ross's stance is academic, but she also considers the stance of fans, producers, creators and marketers. Together, these voices combine to create a new understanding of the connectedness of all parties in the process of telling stories, both authorised and unauthorised." (Science Fiction Film and Television, July 2010)

"Couch potato television students worldwide will gain immensely from Beyond the Box: Television and the Internet, an articulate examination of what it means to watch television in this era of profound technological change … .This book is an exciting example of what happens when an academic, spurred on by a passion, throws caution to the wind and mixes things up." (M/C Reviews: Culture & Media, January 2009)

Beyond the Box gives students and couch potatoes alike a better understanding of what it means to watch television in an era of profound technological change.

• Charts the revolution in television viewing that is currently underway in living rooms across the world
  
• Probes how the Internet’s development has altered how television is made and consumed
  
• Looks at a range of topics and programmes - from voting practices on American Idol to online forums for Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans
  
• Offers a fresh and innovative perspective that focuses on the shift in audience experience and how it has blurred established boundaries

Introduction: Online/Offline~What It Means to “Watch (and Make) TV” in the Age of the Internet.

1. Fascinated with Fandom: the Interactively Aware Viewers of Xena and Buffy.

Subject Areas: Sociology & anthropology [JH]