The Survival of Soap Opera | Transformations for a New Media Era

Sam Ford (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 1617033170 / ISBN 13: 9781617033179

Published by University Press of Mississippi, 2012

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The Survival of Soap Opera | Transformations for a New Media Era | Sam Ford (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Einband - flex.(Paperback) | Englisch | 2012 | University Press of Mississippi | EAN 9781617033179 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Survival of Soap Opera | Transformations for a New Media Era
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1617033170
• ISBN 13: 9781617033179
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 234W x 156H x 19D millimeters 234 millimeters width by 156 millimeters height by 19 millimeters depth
• Weight: 541 grams
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Synopsis

The soap opera, one of U.S. television's longest-running and most influential formats, is on the brink. Declining ratings have been attributed to an increasing number of women working outside the home and to an intensifying competition for viewers' attention from cable and the Internet. Yet, soaps' influence has expanded, with serial narratives becoming commonplace on most prime time TV programs. The Survival of Soap Opera investigates the causes of their dwindling popularity, describes their impact on TV and new media culture, and gleans lessons from their complex history for twenty-first-century media industries.

The book contains contributions from established soap scholars such as Robert C. Allen, Louise Spence, Nancy Baym, and Horace Newcomb, along with essays and interviews by emerging scholars, fans and Web site moderators, and soap opera producers, writers, and actors from ABC's General Hospital, CBS's The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful, and other shows. This diverse group of voices seeks to intervene in the discussion about the fate of soap operas at a critical juncture, and speaks to longtime soap viewers, television studies scholars, and media professionals alike.

About the Authors

Sam Ford, Bowling Green, Kentucky, is a research affiliate with Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Convergence Culture Consortium and Director of Digital Strategy for Peppercom Strategic Communications.

Abigail De Kosnik, San Francisco, California, is an assistant professor at the University of California, Berkeley, in the Berkeley Center for New Media and the Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies.

C. Lee Harrington, Oxford, Ohio, is professor of sociology and a Women's Studies Program affiliate at Miami University. She has been conducting research on the daytime industry and soap fans since the late 1980s and is author of many published academic works on soaps, including Soap Fans: Pursuing Pleasure and Making Meaning in Everyday Life (with Denise D. Bielby).