1st Edition
Transmedia Terrors in Post-TV Horror Digital Distribution, Abject Spectrums, and Participatory Cultures
By James Rendell
Copyright 2023
334 Pages
by
Routledge
334 Pages
by
Routledge
334 Pages
by
Routledge
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In the twenty-first century horror television has spread across the digital TV landscape, garnering mainstream appeal. Located within a transmedia matrix, Transmedia Terrors in Post-TV Horror triangulates this boom across screen content, industry practices, and online participatory cultures. Understanding the genre within a post-TV paradigm, the book readdresses what is horror television,... Read more
Acknowledgements, Introduction, TV Horror: What a Time to Be Alive... and Undead, Part 1, Post-TV Horror Ecologies, Chapter 1, Jekyll and Hyde: TV Horror's Incorporation of Other Genres and Audiences, Chapter 2, Streaming Screaming: Post-Television Horror Texts and Platforms, Chapter 3, Digital Crypt Keepers: Informal Digital Dissemination and Consumption of Post-TV Horror, Part 2, Post-TV Horror Audiences, Chapter 4, Not Just Horrifying: TV Horror Audiences' Abject Spectrums, Chapter 5, Spreadable Splatter: TV Horror's Online Fans' Image Textuality, Chapter 6, Sick Senses: Fan Food and Soundtracks as Materialities of Transmedia TV Horror, Conclusion.
Biography
Dr James Rendell is a lecturer in creative industries at the University of South Wales. His research has been published in Transformative Works and Cultures, East Asian Journal of Popular Culture, Participations: Journal of Audience and Reception Studies, New Review of Film and Television Studies, Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, and Global TV Horror.
