Open TV

Christians account of networked television is thrilling, current, and deep. He narrates a period when the story is up for grabs and even the 'postnetwork' era as we know it is on its way to becoming something else through the creativity and vitality of people old TV has left behind. Using stories full of driven energy yet equally steeped in a scholars recognition of the nature of the industry, this is one of the most remarkable books in television studies in quite some time. ~Lisa Henderson,author of Love and Money: Queers, Class, and Cultural Production

Aymar Jean Christian shows us the need to reinvent television, a medium, he says, that has never fully represented the United States. Deeply engaged in the most pressing debates about the future of televisual and web culture, and written in sparkling prose, this book is chock full of inspiring stories of those working to make & open TV, this time, online, for all Americans. ~Stuart Cunningham,author of Hidden Innovation: Industry, Policy and the Creative Sector

Media historian Michele Hilmes referred to the challenges with writing media histories as comparable to 'nailing mercury.' In that sense, Christian nailed it. InOpen TV, Christian has articulated a history of scripted web series, a phenomenon that has advanced at a pace never witnessed in prior media history or, for that matter, media historiographies....Christians research yields great merit in capturing how web series producers operate and have the agency to engage in more diverse representational strategies. This is a phenomena that marginalized audiences and critical scholars have been eager to witness. ~Journal of Communication

The focus ofOpen TVgoes beyond the network era and examines the 'networked era' (open TV) and media distribution over the internet and other web protocols. ~Choice