{"title":"Book review: Push the button: Interactive television and collaborative journalism in Japan RodwellElizabeth, Push the Button: Interactive Television and Collaborative Journalism in Japan, Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2024; 185 pp. ISBN 978-1-4780-2102-5 $99.95 (hbk), 978-1-4780-2576-4 $25.95 (pbk), 978-1-4780-2789-8 (ebk).","authors":"Julia Stolyar","doi":"10.1177/17496020251405115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17496020251405115","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51917,"journal":{"name":"Critical Studies in Television","volume":"128 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147287303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book review: The Works of Shonda Rhimes WeinsteinAnna (ed.), The Works of Shonda Rhimes, New York, NY: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024; 232pp. ISBN 9781501399664 $56.00 (hbk), 9781501399701 $17.46 (pbk), 9781501399671 $15.71 (Epub and Mobi).","authors":"Stephanie L Hanus-Knapp","doi":"10.1177/17496020251405116","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17496020251405116","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51917,"journal":{"name":"Critical Studies in Television","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147287300","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Reviews: Love Wars: Television romantic comedy IrwinMary, Love Wars: Television Romantic Comedy, London: Bloomsbury, 2025: 240 pp. ISBN 9781784533465 £85 (hbk), 9781350120150 £76.50 (Epub and Mobi), 9781350120143 £76.50 (Ebook pdf).","authors":"Shelley Anne Galpin","doi":"10.1177/17496020251408196","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17496020251408196","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51917,"journal":{"name":"Critical Studies in Television","volume":"187 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147287305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jeanette Steemers, Vilde Schanke Sundet, Pia Majbritt Jensen
{"title":"Screen entertainment and the ‘youth challenge’: Home advantage, audience preferences and industry responses","authors":"Jeanette Steemers, Vilde Schanke Sundet, Pia Majbritt Jensen","doi":"10.1177/17496020251404730","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17496020251404730","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51917,"journal":{"name":"Critical Studies in Television","volume":"228 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147287340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recapturing temporal context in the digital archive: Easy-to-use methods for studying archived television","authors":"Jasmijn Van Gorp, Mary-Joy van der Deure","doi":"10.1177/17496020261428256","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17496020261428256","url":null,"abstract":"When linear television enters the archive, its temporal context tends to become obscured. Based on Dutch TV news, we propose three easy-to-use methods for recapturing this context: visualizing repetitive imagery through screenshots; colour coding the relationship between archived broadcasts and broadcast schedules as printed in newspapers; and colour-coding segments in archival speech transcripts. Together, these methods show how archived television can be understood as the epitome of a ‘recombinatory practice’ (Uricchio, 2011), mixing flow, segmentation, and repetition with archival reordering, while also emphasizing the need for broader access to that same temporal context.","PeriodicalId":51917,"journal":{"name":"Critical Studies in Television","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146260876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Provocation: The silent cost of television studies?","authors":"James Walters","doi":"10.1177/17496020261424418","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17496020261424418","url":null,"abstract":"This ‘Provocation’ explores potential barriers to access in Television Studies in the UK. I consider the rising costs of studying television, and the ways in which this might impact upon different groups in higher education. I propose that unacknowledged pressure may be placed upon scholars and students already experiencing precarity and that, in turn, this has the potential to prevent or discourage engagement in Television Studies. Relatedly, I ask whether a complex financial burden of studying television has implications for the intellectual coherence of the discipline, leading to fragmentation.","PeriodicalId":51917,"journal":{"name":"Critical Studies in Television","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146153481","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amy Boyle, Alexander Beare, Robert Boucaut, Marion McCutcheon, Damien John O’Meara, Sue Turnbull, Elke Weissmann
{"title":"Dossier: Sites of struggle: Television’s cultural and economic value","authors":"Amy Boyle, Alexander Beare, Robert Boucaut, Marion McCutcheon, Damien John O’Meara, Sue Turnbull, Elke Weissmann","doi":"10.1177/17496020251412752","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17496020251412752","url":null,"abstract":"In the age of the Anthropocene, television can play a key role in shifting ideologies. However, achieving this is difficult when television continues to operate as a ‘site struggle’ – pulled between complex negotiations of capital and culture. If in the 20th century, scholars were interested in teasing out the value(s) of television to argue for its potential contribution to socio-cultural transformation, in the 21st century, questions of television’s value(s) and potentialities have become even more critical – and vexing. This dossier brings together the research and reflections of scholars variously tackling questions of television’s value in the contemporary moment.","PeriodicalId":51917,"journal":{"name":"Critical Studies in Television","volume":"70 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145893707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Disability representation in the ITV crime drama Midsomer Murders : A balance between audience acceptance and alienation","authors":"Åsa Kroon","doi":"10.1177/17496020251412258","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17496020251412258","url":null,"abstract":"This study explores disability representation in the transnational television crime drama <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Midsomer Murders</jats:italic> (1997-present). It focuses on Lana who has a partial right arm and how she is positioned as a central figure in the Christmas 2023 episode. The analysis reveals a complex and contradictory pattern of interwoven ableist and anti-ableist ideas. Even though negative stereotypes are avoided, Lana’s portrayal is simultaneously visually and emotionally conditioned to avoid alienating audiences. The study speaks to critical scholars across disciplines with a broad interest in the fictional television crime drama and its abilities to communicate social (diversity) issues.","PeriodicalId":51917,"journal":{"name":"Critical Studies in Television","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145836010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reconstructing history in mediatized reality: The Turkish TV dramas Diriliş: Ertuğrul and Payitaht: Abdülhamid","authors":"Deniz Kablan, Emel Öztürk","doi":"10.1177/17496020251406081","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17496020251406081","url":null,"abstract":"This study explores how Turkish history-themed dramas like <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Diriliş: Ertuğrul</jats:italic> [ <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Resurrection: Ertuğrul</jats:italic> ] and <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Payitaht: Abdülhamid</jats:italic> [ <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">The Capital: Abdulhamid</jats:italic> ] reconstruct history, shaping socio-political narratives. Using thematic content analysis, it examines selected episodes to identify recurring themes. The findings reveal that history is mediated through populist narratives emphasizing leadership and unity, collective nostalgia invoking the Ottoman heritage, and identity framing reinforcing socio-political ideologies. These dramas function ideologically within Turkey’s mediatized cultural and political environment. This study contributes to understanding the ideological functions of history-themed dramas within Turkey’s mediatized cultural and political landscape, offering a framework for interdisciplinary analyses of media and historiography.","PeriodicalId":51917,"journal":{"name":"Critical Studies in Television","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145746669","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The articulation of Britishness on German screens: From Barnaby to Bridgerton","authors":"Susanne Eichner","doi":"10.1177/17496020251404936","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17496020251404936","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines the articulation of Britishness to young German audiences through crime and period dramas, as well as the role Britishness occupies within their marketing strategies. Employing textual, genre, and promotional analyses of <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Midsomer Murders, Sherlock, Killing Eve, Downton Abbey, Peaky Blinders</jats:italic> , and <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Bridgerton</jats:italic> , Britishness is conceptualised as a fluid, genre-specific signifier within transnational cultural exchange and as a promotional strategy. By balancing heritage with modernity, these dramas exemplify how national identity is a flexible asset in global content flows. This fluidity highlights the enduring significance of nationhood as a marker of cultural identity and competitive differentiation within global media markets.","PeriodicalId":51917,"journal":{"name":"Critical Studies in Television","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145704030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}