Television storyworlds as virtual space /
Television Storyworlds as Virtual Space examines television as a series of virtual realities that viewers enter and explore one episode at a time. Drawing on specific examples, from Westworld to Green Acres, Twin Peaks to Fargo, this volume illustrates how each of these worlds invites us in, encoura...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Maryland :
Lexington Books,
[2018]
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| Summary: | Television Storyworlds as Virtual Space examines television as a series of virtual realities that viewers enter and explore one episode at a time. Drawing on specific examples, from Westworld to Green Acres, Twin Peaks to Fargo, this volume illustrates how each of these worlds invites us in, encourages us to move about within it and constantly pushes against its own boundaries so that its universe continually expands and develops. Specific chapters consider the importance of title sequences in helping us enter these storyworlds, how children's television educated us in using virtual reality and the centrality of the post-apocalyptic series to the television landscape. Ultimately, this book situates television as part of an artistic continuum, one that stretches back as far as cave paintings but also anticipates the digitally-based virtual reality that lies just on the horizon. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 159 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-152) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781498529600 1498529607 |