Hi all, Pardon the cross-posting, but I wanted to announce the publication of my new book, Time on TV: Temporal Displacement and Mashup Television (New York: Peter Lang, 2012). ISBN-10: 1433115697; ISBN-13: 978-1433115691. It relates the temporal aesthetics of contemporary television to recent changes in social media. Table of Contents: Introduction: Temporal Displacement and Mashup Television One: Television and Transgenic Media Two: Transgenic Memories Three: Personal History as Explorational Media Four: Time Travel and the Codification of Narrative/History Five: Time Travel and the Production of Narrative/History Six: Temporal Displacement as (Social) Networking Seven: The Future of (Mashup) Television?
From the book description: Time on TV examines the massive aesthetic and structural changes happening across today's television programs. Time travel, flash forwards, fake memories: 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.
Please let me know if you’d like more info (pbooth@depaul.edu). Thanks! Paul -- Paul Booth, PhD Assistant Professor of New Media and Technology College of Communication DePaul University 14 E. Jackson Chicago, IL 60604