Chalaby, Jean K.
The Format Age: Television's Entertainment Revolution
Chalaby delivers a comprehensive account of the TV format trading system and conceptualizes the global value chain that underpins it, unpicking the corporate strategies and power relations within. Using interviews with format creators, he uncovers the secrets behind the world’s most travelled formats, exploring their narrative structure and cultural meanings.
Keywords: TV, TV production, TV formats, television, reality shows, competition, Media Studies, Media Criticism, Globalization & Development, Media Studies, Media Criticism, Globalization & Development
- Author(s)
- Chalaby, Jean K.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2016
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Series
- Global Media and Communication
- Page amount
- 216 pages
- Category
- Society
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781509502622
- Printed ISBN
- 9781509502592