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Modern Television Series as a Phenomenon of Popular Culture
Modern Television Series as a Phenomenon of Popular Culture

Author(s): Sergiusz Rusakow
Subject(s): Philosophy, Social Sciences, Media studies, Communication studies, Sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: television series; television; popular culture; mass culture

Summary/Abstract: This article is about the features of the third period of the development of television series which has become a source of new meanings and values in popular culture. Modern television series differ by the usage of new visual language, detailed description of main characters' nature and details of the plot and good literary basis. The television series of the third period are named "smart" by the author. It is associated with the significant intellectual progress of modern viewers and popular smart technologies in today’s world.

  • Issue Year: 52/2015
  • Issue No: 52
  • Page Range: 85-94
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English