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The Survival of Soap Opera - Transformations for a New Media Era (Hardcover): Sam Ford, Abigail De Kosnik, C.Lee Harrington The Survival of Soap Opera - Transformations for a New Media Era (Hardcover)
Sam Ford, Abigail De Kosnik, C.Lee Harrington
R1,525 Discovery Miles 15 250 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The soap opera, one of U.S. television's longest-running and most influential formats, is on the brink. Declining ratings have been attributed to an increasing number of women working outside the home and to an intensifying competition for viewers' attention from cable and the Internet. Yet, soaps' influence has expanded, with serial narratives becoming commonplace on most prime time TV programs. "The Survival of Soap Opera" investigates the causes of their dwindling popularity, describes their impact on TV and new media culture, and gleans lessons from their complex history for twenty-first-century media industries.

The book contains contributions from established soap scholars such as Robert C. Allen, Louise Spence, Nancy Baym, and Horace Newcomb, along with essays and interviews by emerging scholars, fans and Web site moderators, and soap opera producers, writers, and actors from ABC's "General Hospital," CBS's "The Young and the Restless" and "The Bold and the Beautiful," and other shows. This diverse group of voices seeks to intervene in the discussion about the fate of soap operas at a critical juncture, and speaks to longtime soap viewers, television studies scholars, and media professionals alike.

Spirit Sword (Hardcover): Sam Ford Spirit Sword (Hardcover)
Sam Ford
R757 R640 Discovery Miles 6 400 Save R117 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Spreadable Media - Creating Value and Meaning in a Networked Culture (Paperback): Henry Jenkins, Sam Ford, Joshua Green Spreadable Media - Creating Value and Meaning in a Networked Culture (Paperback)
Henry Jenkins, Sam Ford, Joshua Green
R614 Discovery Miles 6 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

How sharing, linking, and liking have transformed the media and marketing industries Spreadable Media is a rare inside look at today's ever-changing media landscape. The days of corporate control over media content and its distribution have been replaced by the age of what the digital media industries have called "user-generated content." Spreadable Media maps these fundamental changes, and gives readers a comprehensive look into the rise of participatory culture, from internet memes to presidential tweets. The authors challenge our notions of what goes "viral" and how by examining factors such as the nature of audience engagement and the environment of participation, and by contrasting the concepts of "stickiness"-aggregating attention in centralized places-with "spreadability"-dispersing content widely through both formal and informal networks. The former has often been the measure of media success in the online world, but the latter describes the actual ways content travels through social media. The book explores the internal tensions businesses face as they adapt to this new, spreadable, communication reality and argues for the need to shift from "hearing" to "listening" in corporate culture. Now with a new afterword addressing changes in the media industry, audience participation, and political reporting, and drawing on modern examples from online activism campaigns, film, music, television, advertising, and social media-from both the US and around the world-the authors illustrate the contours of our current media environment. For all of us who actively create and share content, Spreadable Media provides a clear understanding of how people are spreading ideas and the implications these activities have for business, politics, and everyday life, both on- and offline.

Algernon Blackwood's The Willows (Paperback): Nathan Carson Algernon Blackwood's The Willows (Paperback)
Nathan Carson; Illustrated by Sam Ford; Algernon Blackwood
R301 R273 Discovery Miles 2 730 Save R28 (9%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This immortal novella of extra-dimensional weirdness on the Danube comes to vivid life in graphic comic form thanks to the incredibly detailed black-and-white linework of talented newcomer, Sam Ford. Writer Nathan Carson's thoughtful retelling reverently preserves the plot while breathing character-driven depth into this all-time classic. Two adventurous women, one British, one Swedish, encounter strange horrors in the Hungarian wilderness of 1907. What they discover on that crumbling sandbar makes them question their sanity, fear for their lives, and revel in otherworldly strangeness. Readers familiar with the story will delight in seeing it depicted in such painstaking, quality illustrations. And those for whom it is new will want to leave a light on for many nights after.

Spirit Sword (Paperback): Sam Ford Spirit Sword (Paperback)
Sam Ford
R388 R330 Discovery Miles 3 300 Save R58 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Spreadable Media - Creating Value and Meaning in a Networked Culture (Hardcover, New): Henry Jenkins, Sam Ford, Joshua Green Spreadable Media - Creating Value and Meaning in a Networked Culture (Hardcover, New)
Henry Jenkins, Sam Ford, Joshua Green
R2,222 R1,860 Discovery Miles 18 600 Save R362 (16%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

How sharing, linking, and liking have transformed the media and marketing industries Spreadable Media is a rare inside look at today's ever-changing media landscape. The days of corporate control over media content and its distribution have been replaced by the age of what the digital media industries have called "user-generated content." Spreadable Media maps these fundamental changes, and gives readers a comprehensive look into the rise of participatory culture, from internet memes to presidential tweets. The authors challenge our notions of what goes "viral" and how by examining factors such as the nature of audience engagement and the environment of participation, and by contrasting the concepts of "stickiness"-aggregating attention in centralized places-with "spreadability"-dispersing content widely through both formal and informal networks. The former has often been the measure of media success in the online world, but the latter describes the actual ways content travels through social media. The book explores the internal tensions businesses face as they adapt to this new, spreadable, communication reality and argues for the need to shift from "hearing" to "listening" in corporate culture. Now with a new afterword addressing changes in the media industry, audience participation, and political reporting, and drawing on modern examples from online activism campaigns, film, music, television, advertising, and social media-from both the US and around the world-the authors illustrate the contours of our current media environment. For all of us who actively create and share content, Spreadable Media provides a clear understanding of how people are spreading ideas and the implications these activities have for business, politics, and everyday life, both on- and offline.

The Survival of Soap Opera - Transformations for a New Media Era (Paperback): Sam Ford, Abigail De Kosnik, C.Lee Harrington The Survival of Soap Opera - Transformations for a New Media Era (Paperback)
Sam Ford, Abigail De Kosnik, C.Lee Harrington
R958 Discovery Miles 9 580 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The soap opera, one of U.S. television's longest-running and most influential formats, is on the brink. Declining ratings have been attributed to an increasing number of women working outside the home and to an intensifying competition for viewers' attention from cable and the Internet. Yet, soaps' influence has expanded, with serial narratives becoming commonplace on most prime time TV programs. "The Survival of Soap Opera" investigates the causes of their dwindling popularity, describes their impact on TV and new media culture, and gleans lessons from their complex history for twenty-first-century media industries.

The book contains contributions from established soap scholars such as Robert C. Allen, Louise Spence, Nancy Baym, and Horace Newcomb, along with essays and interviews by emerging scholars, fans and Web site moderators, and soap opera producers, writers, and actors from ABC's "General Hospital," CBS's "The Young and the Restless" and "The Bold and the Beautiful," and other shows. This diverse group of voices seeks to intervene in the discussion about the fate of soap operas at a critical juncture, and speaks to longtime soap viewers, television studies scholars, and media professionals alike.

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