The Politics of Serial Television Fiction - Structural Developments, Narrative Themes, and the Nonlinear Turn

Fictional TV politics played a pivotal role in the popular imaginaries of the 2010s across cultures. Examining this curious phenomenon, Sebastian Naumann provides a wide-ranging analysis of the rapidly evolving landscape of contemporary polit-series. Proposing a novel structural model of serial television, he offers an innovative methodological framework for comparative textual analysis that integrates sociocultural, economic, sociotechnical, narratological, and aesthetic perspectives. This study furthermore explores how the changing affordances of (nonlinear) television impact serial storytelling and identifies key narrative trends and recurring themes in contemporary TV polit-fiction.

Product details

• Authors: Maria Arndt, Sebastian Naumann
• Publisher: Transcript
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.01.2025
• EAN: 9783837675689
• ISBN: 978-3-8376-7568-9
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 28 mm x 241 mm
• Weight: 732 g
• Illustrations: 31 SW-Abb., 10 Farbabb.
• Series: Serien- und Fernsehforschung
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); Literaturwissenschaft, allgemein, Media, Media Studies, Politics, Sociology, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, British Studies, Cultural Studies, Media Aesthetics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Television, Storytelling, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Social interaction, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / History & Criticism, Social Sciences, Politics & government, Political structure & processes, Literary studies: general, Culture and institutions, The political process, Systems of governments and states, Political science (Politics and government), Literature (Belles-lettres) and rhetoric, Public performances, American literature in English, English and Old English (Anglo-Saxon) literatures