Unstable platforms
TV in the digital age
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5682091 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Thorburn, David R Thorburn (0000-0002-7725-9470, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 160-169 |
| Publication date | 2019-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Studies in Television The International Journal of Television Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-6020 • E-ISSN: 1749-6039 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1749602019835305 |
| OpenAlex | W2945005958 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
This essay compares our current experience of technological and cultural disruption with 'the network era' (1946-2000), American TV's first great age. I argue that the relative stability of the medium over this half-century enabled an evolution that helps to explain its cultural centrality as well as its narrative art. The essay suggests that the ongoing instability of post-network television - its welter of platforms, devices and viewing choices, its economic and technological churn - has no counterpart in older TV. My central question: will our experience of continuous transition ever moderate? Even so, the argument concludes, a sense, however vestigial, of continuities remains essential
Aesthetics · Art · Centrality · Epistemology · Literature · Narrative · Sociology · Digital Games and Media · History · Media Studies and Communication · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |