The Politics of Ephemeral Digital Media: Permanence and Obsolescence in Paratexts

By: Paolo Noto

In the age of "complex Tv", of social networking and massive consumption of transmedia narratives, a myriad short-lived phenomena surround films and TV programs raising questions about the endurance of a fictional world and other mediatized discourse over a long arc of time. The life of media products can change direction depending on the variability of paratextual materials and activities such as online commentaries and forums, promos and trailers,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138319740
• ISBN13: 9781138319745
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 254 Pages