In March, we published the call for
papers for the sixth issue of EUscreen's open access journal VIEW, which
explores European television history and culture. At the end of
December, this latest issue found its way online and it is nowÂfully and
freely available atÂwww.viewjournal.eu.
All articles can be read on screen, where source materials can be found
embedded in the article text, or saved as a PDF for reading offline.
This sixth issue is co-edited by Gabriele Balbi, Assistant Professor in Media Studies at the Università della Svizzera italiana, and Massimo Scaglioni, Assistant Professor of Media History at the Catholic University of Milan.
The history of media convergence, especially of convergent television, is a field that needed further investigation. Media convergence is often considered a taken-for-granted phenomenon, a kind of âirresistibleâ force that has changed and is continuously changing media ecosystems. Furthermore, it seems to be mainly an American phenomenon because it has involved US politics and companies and because the most relevant reflections and publications on this topic come from American scholars.
This issue of VIEW tries to deal with this complex and polysemic concept from different points of view, adopting several theoretical and methodological frameworks. It attempts to counteract some of the aforementioned taken-for-granted ideas, analyzing TV convergence from a historical and long-term perspective, considering symmetrical case studies of success and failures, concentrating on the European dimension through the lens of transnational, comparative, and national contributions.
Table of Contents
- EditorialÂâ Gabriele Balbi, Massimo Scaglioni
Discoveries
- âMore Than a Television Channelâ: Channel 4, FilmFour and a Failed Convergence StrategyÂâ Hannah Andrews
- Public Service Television in a Multi-Platform Environment: A Comparative Study in Finland and IsraelÂâ Oranit Klein Shagrir, Heidi Keinonen
- Multiscreening and Social TV: The Changing Landscape of TV Consumption in ItalyÂâ Alberto Marinelli, Romana AndÃ
- Newspaper Video Content: Genres and Editorial Formats in SpainÂâ Samuel Negredo
- Convergent Cultures: The Disappearance of Commissioned Audiovisual Productions in The NetherlandsÂâ Bas Agterberg
Explorations
- Wide-Screen Television and Home Movies: Towards an Archaeology of Television and Cinema Convergence Before DigitalisationÂâ Tom James Longley Steward
- Convergent Television and âAudience Participationâ: The Early Days of Interactive Digital Television in the UKÂâ Vivi Theodoropoulou
- ARTE: French-German Experiments in Crossing the Borders. âOne Media â Three Screensâ Convergence and Interactivity at its Full Potential?Ââ Anna Wiehl
- âThe Schneiderverseâ: Nickelodeon, Convergent Television and Transmedia StorytellingÂâ Helena Louise Dare-Edwards
- TV Goes Social: Italian Broadcasting Strategies and the Challenges of ConvergenceÂâ Luca Barra, Massimo Scaglioni
- Digital Convergence and Content RegulationÂâ Michael John Starks
VIEW is published by the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision in collaboration with Utrecht University, University of Luxembourg and Royal Holloway University of London. It is supported by the EUscreenXL project, the European Television History Network and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research.
Warm regards,
Erwin Verbruggen
Project lead K&I
everbruggen@beeldengeluid.nl // support@viewjournal.eu
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