All Outputs (6)

Book Review: Television and Repetition (2024)
Journal Article

Achieving a depth of character : long-form improv practices in US comedy podcast culture (2019)
Journal Article
Smith, A. (2019). Achieving a depth of character : long-form improv practices in US comedy podcast culture. Comedy Studies, 10(2), 167-182. https://doi.org/10.1080/2040610X.2019.1623500

This article examines the specificities of long-from improvised comedy performance (that is, long-from improv) within podcasting. It demonstrates how the podcast medium’s technologies, together with related cultural conventions, motivate performers t... Read More about Achieving a depth of character : long-form improv practices in US comedy podcast culture.

Pursuing “Generation Snowflake” : Mr. Robot and the USA Network's mission for millennials (2018)
Journal Article

U.S. basic cable channels are increasingly directing their brands toward millennials due to the increased economic importance of this demographic group. This article contributes to scholarship on basic cable economics and scripted programming by prov... Read More about Pursuing “Generation Snowflake” : Mr. Robot and the USA Network's mission for millennials.

The backer-developer connection : exploring crowdfunding’s influence on video game production (2014)
Journal Article

As video game development studios increasingly turn to digital crowdfunding platforms such as Kickstarter for financing, this article explores the ways in which these processes shape production. It examines in particular the interactions that typical... Read More about The backer-developer connection : exploring crowdfunding’s influence on video game production.

Putting the Premium into Basic: Slow-Burn Narratives and the Loss-Leader Function of AMC’s Original Drama Series (2011)
Journal Article
Smith, A. (2011). Putting the Premium into Basic: Slow-Burn Narratives and the Loss-Leader Function of AMC’s Original Drama Series. Television and New Media, 14(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/1527476411418537

This article traces connections between the institutional configuration of the AMC basic cable channel and the deliberately paced narratives of its original series, such as Mad Men, Breaking Bad and Rubicon. Scholarly and popular discourses concernin... Read More about Putting the Premium into Basic: Slow-Burn Narratives and the Loss-Leader Function of AMC’s Original Drama Series.

TV or Not TV? The Sopranos and Contemporary Episode Architecture in US Network and Premium Cable Drama (2011)
Journal Article
Smith, A. (2011). TV or Not TV? The Sopranos and Contemporary Episode Architecture in US Network and Premium Cable Drama. Critical Studies in Television, 6(1), https://doi.org/10.7227/cst.6.1.5