The mediaverse and speculative fiction television : understanding speculative TV fandoms / Ashumi Shah.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shah, Ashumi, author.

Series:

Research (Wiesbaden, Germany)

Research

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media and culture.

Fans (Persons).

Star trek (Television program).

Black mirror (Television program).

OA (Television program).

Good omens (Television program).

Physical Description:

viii, 255 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Wiesbaden, Germany : Springer VS, [2024]

Summary:

"Some (web) television texts achieve immense commercial success. Certain commercially successful texts boast dedicated, creative, and exponentially growing fandoms. These fan communities engage in specific fan practices that are significantly influenced by the textualities of the texts and their contexts of production, distribution, and consumption. [...] An inductive study, this book explores four television series' that fall within the scope of speculative fiction to characterise the mediaverse and highlight the interconnectedness among the networked nodes of new media. These wield a significant influence on the production and consumption of media and its presence in our everyday lives, thus outlining the mediaverse as a tool for the analysis of a media texts and practices that shape contemporary media culture."--Back cover

Contents:

1 Introducing the Mediaverse

1.1 Mediaverse, Web 2.0 and the Speculative Genre

1.2 Star Trek: Pioneering Speculative Television

1.3 Black Mirror &amp

Techno-Dystopian Science Fiction

1.4 Genre-bending in The OA

1.5 Good Omens and Fantasy Fiction

2 The Star Trek Mediaverse

2.1 Star Trek: History and Fandom

2.2 Transmediality and Intermediality in Star Trek

2.3 Star Trek: Formatting, Franchising and the Fandom

2.4 Audience Criticism and Cultural Diffusion in Star Trek

3 Digital Consciousness in the Black Mirror Mediaverse

3.1 Techno-Dystopia and Black Mirror

3.2 Black Mirror: Bandersnatch and the Viewer as Player

3.3 Black Mirror: Bandersnatch and the Mediaverse

3.4 Striking Vipers and the Virtual Queer

3.5 Digital Consciousness in Black Museum

3.6 Techno-Dystopia and the Black Mirror Mediaverse

4 The Metamodern Utopia in The OA Mediaverse

4.1 Science Fiction and Fantasy Audiences

4.2 The OA and Storytelling

4.3 The OA and the Spiritual

4.4 The Intradiegetic Utopia

4.5 The Extradiegetic Vision and #SaveTheOA

4.6 Shared Interpretations and Performances in The OA Fandom

5 The Good Omens Mediaverse: Myth, Prophecies and the 'Voice of God'

5.1 Good Omens: The Myth and the Prophecy

5.2 Good Omens: A Metafictional Reading

5.3 Good Omens: A Modern Fantasy

5.4 Good Omens: Fantasy Fiction Meets Fanfiction

5.5 Neil Gaiman and Celebrity Culture

5.6 The Second Screen and the Paratextual Function of the Celebrity

6 Conclusion: The Mediaverse Toolkit

Works Cited.

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Augsburg, Germany, 2022.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783658437381

3658437383

OCLC:

1411031104

Publisher Number:

90101651856