Storytelling in the Media Convergence Age Exploring Screen Narrative

Why do screen narratives remain so different in an age of convergence and globalisation that many think is blurring distinctions? This collection attempts to answer this question using examples drawn from a range of media, from Hollywood franchises to dig

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Roberta Pearson Anthony N. Smith

Storytelling in the Media Convergence Age

Also by Roberta Pearson John Hartley and Roberta Pearson, editors, American Cultural Studies: A Reader (2000). Edward Buscombe and Roberta Pearson, editors, Back in the Saddle Again: New Writings on the Western (1998). Claire Dupre la Tour, Andre Gaudreault and Roberta Pearson, editors, Cinema Autour de Siecle/Cinema at the turn-of-the-century (1999). Roberta Pearson and Philip Simpson, editors, Critical Dictionary of Film and Television Theory (2001). Sara Gwenllian-Jones and Roberta Pearson, editors, Cult Television (2004). Roberta Pearson, Eloquent Gestures: The Transformation of Performance Style in the Griffith Biograph Films (1992). Roberta Pearson and William Uricchio, editors, The Many Lives of the Batman: Critical Approaches to a Superhero and His Media (1991). David L. Paletz, Roberta Pearson and Donald Willis, The Politics of Public Service Advertising on Television (1977). Roberta Pearson, editor, Reading Lost: Perspectives on a Hit Television Show (2009). William Uricchio and Roberta Pearson, Reframing Culture: The Case of the Vitagraph Quality Films (1993). Roberta Pearson and Maire Messenger Davies, Star Trek and American Television (2014).

Storytelling in the Media Convergence Age Exploring Screen Narratives Edited by

Roberta Pearson University of Nottingham, UK

Anthony N. Smith University of Salford, UK

Introduction, selection and editorial matter © Roberta Pearson and Anthony N. Smith 2015 Individual chapters © Respective authors 2015 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015 ISBN 978–1–137–38814–8 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-48192-7 ISBN 978-1-137-38815-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137388155

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