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"Today’s television assumes that viewers can pay close attention because the technology allows them to easily do so."

02/04/15 13:38 Filed in: Link
Jason Mittell;

As shows craft ongoing mysteries, convoluted chronologies or elaborate webs of references, viewers embrace practices that I’ve termed “forensic fandom.” Working as a virtual team, dedicated fans embrace the complexities of the narrative – where not all answers are explicit – and seek to decode a program’s mysteries, analyze its story arc and make predictions.


Why has TV storytelling become so complex?

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