Time, Technology and Narrative Form in Contemporary US Television Drama

1. Introduction
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Part I. POWER ON

2. A (Very) Brief History ofTime: From Analogue toDigital
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3. The Temporal Regimes of TVIII: From Broadcasting to Streaming
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Part II. ACCELERATION

4. In the ‘Perpetual Now’: Split-Screens, Simultaneity and Seriality
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5. A Stretch of Time: Extended Distribution and Narrative Accumulation
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Part III. COMPLEXITY

6. Time Shifting in TVIII: The Industrial, Textual and Paratextual Complexities of Prime Time Drama
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7. ‘Remembering What Will Be’: Prolepsis, Pre-sales, and Premediation in TVIII
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Part IV. RETROSPECTION

8. Deja View: Media, Memory and Marketing in TVIII
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9. Conclusion: ‘‘Previously on …’’—Recapping the Narrative and Distributive Temporalities of TVIII
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Avainsanat: Cultural and Media Studies, Film/TV Technology, Culture and Technology, American Culture, Digital/New Media