Teen Television

Essays on Programming and Fandom

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

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This essay collection explores the phenomenon of "teen TV" in the United States, analyzing the meanings and manifestations of this category of programming from a variety of perspectives. Part One views teen television through an industrial perspective, examining how networks such as WB, UPN, The CW, and The N have created a unique economic framework based on demographic niches and teen-focused narrowcasting.Part Two focuses on popular teen programs from a cultural context, evaluating how such programs reflect and at times stretch the envelope of the cultural contexts in which they are created. Finally, Part Three explores the cultures of reception (including the realms of teen consumerism, fan discourse, and unofficial production) through which teens and consumers of teen media have become authors of the teenage experience in their own right.

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Utgivningsdatum2008-04-05
Mått152 x 229 x 13 mm
Vikt354 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor259
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9780786435890

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Sharon Marie Ross is an assistant professor in the television department at Columbia College, Chicago. She has written extensively about television, and is currently the associate editor for the Journal of International Digital Media Arts Association. She lives in Chicago. Louisa Ellen Stein is an assistant professor of film and media culture at Middlebury College in Vermont. She has written previously on contemporary media culture, including film, television, the Internet and videogames.

Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: Watching Teen TV Part I—The Industrial Context of Teen TV 271. TV Teen Club: Teen TV as Safe HarborJeff Martin 2. Teen Television and the WB Television NetworkValerie Wee 433. Defining Teen Culture: The N NetworkSharon Marie Ross 614. Rocking Prime Time: Gender, the WB, and Teen CultureBen Aslinger 78Part II—Teens on TV 5. “Normal is the watchword”: Exiling Cultural Anxieties and Redefining Desire from the MarginsCaralyn Bolte 6. Riding the Third Wave: The Multiple Feminisms of Gilmore GirlsFrancesca Gamber 1147. “That girl of yours—she’s pretty hardboiled, huh?”: Detecting Feminism in Veronica MarsAndrea Braithwaite 8. The Portrait of an Artist as a Young Fan: Consumption and Queer Inspiration in Six Feet UnderBarbara Brickman 1509. “They stole me”: The O.C., Masculinity, and the Strategies of TeenSue Turnbull 170Part III—Cultures of Reception 10. Fashion Sleuths and Aerie Girls: Veronica Mars’Forums and Network Strategies of Fan AddressJennifer Gillan 18511. The Adventures of a Repressed Farm Boy and the Billionaire Who Loves Him: Queer Spectatorship in Smallville FandomMelanie E.S. Kohnen 20712. Pushing at the Margins: Teenage Angst in Teen TV and Audience ResponseLouisa Ellen Stein 224Contributors Index