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Author Gray, Jonathan (Jonathan Alan), author

Title Show sold separately : promos, spoilers, and other media paratexts / Jonathan Gray
Published New York : New York University Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 247 pages) : illustrations
Series ACLS Humanities E-Book
Contents Introduction: film, television, and off-screen studies -- From spoilers to spinoffs: a theory of paratexts -- Coming soon! Hype, intros, and textual beginnings -- Bonus materials: digital auras and authors -- Under a long shadow: sequels, prequels, pre-texts, and intertexts -- Spoiled and mashed up: viewer-created paratexts -- In the world, just off screen: toys and games -- Conclusion: "In the DNA": creating across paratexts
Summary It is virtually impossible to watch a movie or TV show without preconceived notions because of the hype that precedes them, while a host of media extensions guarantees them a life long past their air dates. An onslaught of information from print media, trailers, internet discussion, merchandising, podcasts, and guerilla marketing, we generally know something about upcoming movies and TV shows well before they are even released or aired. The extras, or "paratexts," that surround viewing experiences are far from peripheral, shaping our understanding of them and informing our decisions about what
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Advertising -- Television programs -- Social aspects
Advertising -- Motion pictures -- Social aspects
Television programs -- Marketing -- Social aspects
Motion pictures -- Marketing -- Social aspects
Paratext.
Intertextuality.
Mass media and culture.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Advertising & Promotion.
Intertextuality
Mass media and culture
Paratext
Werbung
Paratext
Fernsehsendung
Film
Neue Medien
Trailer Film
Massenmedien
Tv-program -- marknadsföring -- sociala aspekter.
Film -- marknadsföring -- sociala aspekter.
Intertextualitet.
Reklam -- sociala aspekter.
Marknadsföring.
Reklam.
Intertextualitet.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2009029212
ISBN 9781441636621
1441636625