Birth of the Binge : Serial TV and the End of Leisure.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (313 pages)
- Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Series .
- Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Series .
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part 1. Metaseriality -- 1. Hyperindustrialism, Hypernarrativity, and the Home Screen -- 2. The Mobile Serial TV Viewer -- 3. This Is Your Brain, This Is Your Brain on Serial TV -- 4. Serialiity and Political Economy -- Part 2. Serial Specificity -- 5. Serial Aesthetics -- 6. Serial TV and Narratology -- Part 3. Serial Auteurs and the Possibilities of Industrial Resistance -- 7. Joss Whedon and the Metaphysics of the Machinic -- 8. J. J. Abrams and the Serial Fracturing of Post-9/11 Entertainment Militarization -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of TV Series Mentioned -- General Index.
A deep-dive into the practice and execution of contemporary television viewing.