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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Television Without Pity was a web community devoted to criticizing television programs. Their mission was to hold television networks and writers accountable by critiquing their work and “not just passively sitting around watching.” When executive producer Aaron Sorkin entered Television Without Pity’s message boards on The West Wing in late 2001, he was surprised to find the discussion populated by critics rather than fans. His anger over the criticism he found there wound up becoming a storyline in a subsequent episode of The West Wing wherein web critics weredescribed as “obese shut-ins who lounge around in muumuus and chain-smoke Parliaments.” This book examines the culture at Television Without Pity and will appeal to students and researchers interested in audiences, digital culture and television studies.
Authors and Affiliations
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California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, USA
Sandra M. Falero
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Digital Participatory Culture and the TV Audience
Book Subtitle: Everyone’s a Critic
Authors: Sandra M. Falero
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-50000-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-49999-8Published: 29 June 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-50000-7Published: 18 July 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 191
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Social Media, Screen Studies, American Culture, Digital Humanities, Ethnography