Elizabeth Jane Evans is lecturer in Film and Television Studies in the Department of Culture, Film and Media at the University of Nottingham. She has previously published in Media, Culture and Society and Participations.
Transmedia Television uses empirical audience research to explore attitudes towards the dramatic changes that television has undergone since the turn of the twenty-first century due to the development of digital technologies. It asks to what extent audiences are embracing these changes and what 'television' means in a multiplatform media landscape.
Introduction Part I. Understanding Transmediality 1. Transmedia Texts: Defining Transmedia Storytelling 2. The Transmedia Industry: Distribution and Engagement 3. Transmedia Audiences: The Consequences of Emergence Part II: Audiences for Emergent Transmedia Drama 4. Spooks Internet and Digital Gaming: Immersion and Agency 5. 24: Conspiracy and the Mobile Phone: Immersion and Immediacy 6. Downloading Television: Agency, Immediacy and the Transmedia Audience Conclusion