[ecrea] New Book: Television in Transition: The Life and Afterlife of the Narrative Action Hero

>Please find below details for the new book Television in Transition: 
>The Life and Afterlife of the Narrative Action Hero (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010).
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>"With Trenchant insight and far-reaching interpretation, Shawn 
>Shimpach confronts transformations in the media landscape that are 
>dramatically changing the fundamental experience of TV today...This 
>is destined to be a major work in television studies" Dana Polan, 
>New York University
>
>Combining an exciting methodology alongside high-interest case 
>studies, Television in Transition offers 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. 
>This is a highly original explanation of how innovation takes place 
>within the television industry's management of predictability, risk, 
>and familiarity.
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>-Examines a return in television programming to action narratives 
>with individual (super) heroes intended to navigate this new, 
>international, multi-channel universe
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>-Explores how television programming "translates" to new spatial geographies
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>-Looks at the value of a program's "afterlife," the continued 
>circulation, repackaging and repurposing of programming beyond its 
>initial iteration
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>-Features illustrative case studies of popular programs including 
>Highlander: The Series, Smallville, 24, and Doctor Who
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>
>For further information, please visit the following links:
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>Television in Transition: The Life and Afterlife of the Narrative Action Hero
><http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-140518535X.html>http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-140518535X.html
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>http://www.amazon.com/Television-Transition-Afterlife-Narrative-Action/dp/140518535X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1275511041&sr=8-1
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>Shawn Shimpach
>Assistant Professor
>Department of Communication
>University of Massachusetts
>410 Machmer Hall
>240 Hicks Way
>Amherst, MA 01003
>
>413-545-2341 (office)
><mailto:(shimpach /at/ comm.umass.edu)>(shimpach /at/ comm.umass.edu)
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