Time on TV: Temporal Displacement and Mashup Television

by Paul Booth

"Time on TV" examines the massive aesthetic and structural changes happening across today's television programs. Time travel, flash forwards, fake Paul Booth's analysis reveals the theory and practices that are changing television and online media as we know them. His engaging examination of the mashup of television and social media uncovers a temporal complexity at the heart of our own lives. The characteristically enigmatic television narrative becomes emblematic of a very human interaction with social and digital media. A perfect book for twenty-first century television studies, media studies, or anyone who wants to know why there's so much time travel on television, "Time on TV" answers questions you didn't even know you had about today's television, digital technology, and our daily lives.

Unknown Binding

First published July 1, 2012

About the author

Paul Booth (1981-) is a Professor of Media and Cinema Studies & Communication Technology in the College of Communication at DePaul University, in downtown Chicago. He received his Ph.D. in Communication and Rhetoric from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2009. He researches New Media, Technology, Popular Culture, and Cultural Studies. He teaches classes in media studies, television narrative, convergence and digital media, popular culture, social media, communication technology, and participatory cultures. He is the editor of Fan Phenomena: Doctor Who, and the author of Game Play: Paratextuality in Contemporary Board Games, Playing Fans: Negotiating Fandom and Media in the Digital Age, Time on TV: Temporal Displacement and Mashup Television and Digital Fandom: New Media Studies. He has also published in the books The Languages of Doctor Who, Remake Television, Transgression 2.0, American Remakes of British Television, and Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy. He is currently enjoying a cup of coffee.