Flow TV

From viral videos on YouTube to mobile television on cell phones and beyond, Flow TV examines television in an age of technological, economic, and cultural convergence. Seeking to frame a new set of concerns for television studies in the 21st century, this collection of all new essays establishes television's continued importance in a shifting media culture. The collection examines television through a range of critical approaches from formal and industrial analysis to critical technology studies, reception studies, political economy, and critiques of television's transnational flows. This volume stems from the popular online journal Flow: A Critical Forum on Television and Media Culture (www.flowtv.org) and features a group of established and rising media scholars including Henry Jenkins, Jason Mittell, Heather Hendershot, John Corner, James Hay, and Jonathan Gray. Ideal for courses in television studies or media convergence, the volume offers a companion website linked to the main Flow site that will allow students and scholars to connect the readings to the latest media developments.