{"product_id":"small-screen-big-feels-melissa-ames-9780813180069","title":"Small Screen, Big Feels: Television and Cultural Anxiety in the Twenty-First Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile television has always played a role in recording and curating history, shaping cultural memory, and influencing public sentiment, the changing nature of the medium in the post-network era finds viewers experiencing and participating in this process in new ways. They skim through commercials, live tweet press conferences and award shows, and tune into reality shows to escape reality. This new era, defined by the heightened anxiety and fear ushered in by 9\/11, has been documented by our media consumption, production, and reaction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSmall Screen, Big Feels, \u003c\/i\u003eMelissa Ames asserts that TV has been instrumental in cultivating a shared memory of emotionally charged events unfolding in the United States since September 11, 2001. She analyzes specific shows and genres to illustrate the ways in which cultural fears are embedded into our entertainment in series such as \u003ci\u003eThe Walking Dead \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003e Lost\u003c\/i\u003e or critiqued through programs like \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Show. \u003c\/i\u003eIn the final section of the book, Ames provides three audience studies that showcase how viewers consume and circulate emotions in the post-network era: analyses of live tweets from Shonda Rhimes's drama, \u003ci\u003eHow to Get Away with Murder\u003c\/i\u003e (2010--2020), ABC's reality franchises, \u003ci\u003eThe Bachelor \u003c\/i\u003e(2002--present) \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Bachelorette\u003c\/i\u003e (2003--present), and political coverage of the 2016 Presidential Debates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough film has been closely studied through the lens of affect theory, little research has been done to apply the same methods to television. Engaging an impressively wide range of texts, genres, media, and formats, Ames offers a trenchant analysis of how televisual programming in the United States responded to and reinforced a cultural climate grounded in fear and anxiety.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Melissa Ames\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813180066\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813180069\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Kentucky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/02\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.00d","brand":"Melissa Ames","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43983400206591,"sku":"9780813180069","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1b45ccab-fbe1-4988-8e7b-d63712ee8295.jpg?v=1683266417","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/small-screen-big-feels-melissa-ames-9780813180069","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}