Watching CSI

A study of British audiences watching Channel 5 and 5 USA

Bibliographic Data

ID5681907
AuthorsElke Weissmann (0000-0001-6957-1395, Edge Hill University, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume12
Issue2
Pages174-190
Publication date2017-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCritical Studies in Television The International Journal of Television Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1749-6020 • E-ISSN: 1749-6039
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1749602017701663
OpenAlexW2594186340
LanguageEN
References cited26

Despite consumption patterns gradually changing, the notion of flow remains a key concept drawn on by scholars to understand television. As a concept, 'flow' is connected to an understanding of the difference of television from other media as far as the viewing experience is concerned: rather than a single film, audiences encounter a number of small units that are combined in the process of audiences' sense making. In this understanding, ephemera become as important as programmes as they interlink to create a meaningful whole. On the other hand, John Ellis argues that the more typical form for television is actually the segment which contains a separate meaning within itself. Using an audience ethnography, this article argues that in the experience of audiences, the concepts of flow and segmentation are both in evidence. Rather than seeing them as opposing, therefore, they must be understood as complementary in order to fully account for audiences' experiences and sense making of television

Advertising · Aesthetics · Art · Ephemera · Ethnography · Media studies · Sociology · Telecommunications · Television studies · Visual arts · Cinema and Media Studies · Computer Science · Digital Games and Media · Media Studies and Communication · Psychology

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