Television 2.0: Viewer and Fan Engagement with Digital TV

Television 2.0 explores how digital technology has transformed the way we watch and engage with television, decoupling content from broadcast schedules and screens. It provides an empirical investigation into the implications for viewing and fan participation, offering critical insights into the ways in which digitalization and domestic relations shape contemporary television meanings and uses.

Format: Hardback
Length: 148 pages
Publication date: 01 March 2018
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc

Television 2.0: Shifting Patterns of Engagement with Digital Television

Television content has undergone a significant transformation in recent years, driven by the advent of digital technology. It has been decoupled from the traditional broadcast schedule, as digital video recorders (DVRs) and streaming platforms such as Netflix, Vimeo, YouTube, and iTunes have made it possible to watch content at any time and from any location. Moreover, the digital convergence and divergence have led to the proliferation of computer and mobile screens, further blurring the boundaries between traditional television and other forms of media consumption.

Television 2.0, the first book to comprehensively explore these technological advancements and their implications for viewing and fan participation, aims to document and interrogate these shifting patterns of engagement. It provides a historical overview of television's central role as a broadcast medium in the household and its linkages to participatory culture. Drawing on survey and interview data, Television 2.0 offers critical insights into how the meanings and uses of contemporary television are shaped not just by digitalization but also by domestic relations and the affective relationship viewers have with particular television texts.

The book rethinks what it means to be a participatory fan in the age of digital television. It examines how established practices such as information seeking and community making are altered and new practices are created through the use of social media. Television 2.0 will be of interest to anyone teaching or studying media and communications, as it provides a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the evolving landscape of television consumption.

Weight: 338g
Dimension: 262 x 450 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781433153136
Edition number: New ed