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Dear all, apologies for the shameless piece of self-promotion. My book 'Transnational Television Drama: Special Relations and Mutual Influences between the US and UK' is now available to buy from Palgrave Macmillan. Description: A history of American and British television drama, this book charts how the two production systems have moved closer together since the 1970s: both observe each other to drive innovation, and both continuously turn to each other to find new markets and new production partners. Although earlier collaborations exist, this increased transnationalisation of US and UK television drama has intensified since the 1970s as the increased number of channels and new technologies such as the internet and cable and satellite have led to stronger competition. Examining genres as diverse as period drama, the mini-series, the super-soaps of Dallas and Dynasty, crime drama and the recent spout of celebrated British and American quality drama, this book investigates how marketing campaigns within the press continually return these dramas into the realm of the nations they represent. Contents: Introduction American and British Television 1970 to 2010 National Specificities and Transnational Success and Failure Transnational Aesthetic Influences and Performance The Development of a New Genre Making Sense of a Transnational Genre: Forensic Science Drama International Co-Productions and their National Location Transnational Origins and National Quality: 'American Quality Drama' Conclusions and Outlook The Author: ELKE WEISSMANN is Senior Lecturer in Film and Television at Edge Hill University, UK. She is vice-chair of the television studies section of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA). The research presented here culminates work conducted during her employment as research fellow at the University of Reading for the AHRC-funded project 'British Television Drama and Acquired US Programmes, 1970-2000'. The book is available from Amazon or directly from Palgrave Macmillan: http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=501315 Best wishes, Elke Weissmann Dr Elke Weissmann Edge Hill University Media Department Ormskirk, L39 4QP Based on an award-winning 160-acre Campus near Liverpool, Edge Hill University has over 125 years of history as an innovative, successful and distinctive higher education provider. *Shortlisted for Times Higher Education University of the Year in 2007,2010 and 2011 *Top four in England for Largest Percentage Increase in 2012 Applications (UCAS, 30th June 2012) *Top three in England for students' Personal Development and Assessment & Feedback (NSS 2011, from 93 English public full universities) *Highest ranked university in 'The Sunday Times Best Places to Work in the Public Sector 2010' *Grade 1 'Outstanding' judgements made in all 33 inspection cells, (Ofsted 2011) ----------------------------------------------------- This message is private and confidential. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and remove it from your system. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Edge Hill or associated companies. Edge Hill University may monitor email traffic data and also the content of email for the purposes of security and business communications during staff absence. ----------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. Membership is open to all who teach and research these subjects in HE institutions, via either institutional or individual membership. The field includes film and TV production, journalism, radio, photography, creative writing, publishing, interactive media and the web; and it includes higher education for media practice as well as for media studies. This mailing list is a free service from MeCCSA and is not restricted to members. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------