From viral videos on YouTube to mobile television on smartphones and beyond; TV has overflowed its boundaries. If Raymond Williams concept of flow challenges the idea of a discrete television text; then convergence destabilizes the notion of television as a discrete object.Flow TV examines television in an age of technological; economic; and cultural convergence. Seeking to frame a new set of concerns for television studies in the 21st century; this collection of all new essays establishes televisionrsquo;s continued importance in a shifting media culture. Considering television and new media not as solely technical devices; but also as social technologies; the essays in this anthology insist that we turn our attention to the social; political; and cultural practices that surround and inform those devices use. The contributors examine television through a range of critical approaches from formal and industrial analysis to critical technology studies; reception studies; political economy; and critiques of televisions transnational flows. This volume grows out of the critical community formed around the popular online journal Flow: A Critical Form on Television and Media Culture (flowtv.org). It is ideal for courses in television studies or media convergence.
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