Serial Pinboarding in Contemporary Television

This book provides an in-depth study of pinboards in contemporary television series and develops the interdisciplinary and innovative concept of Serial Pinboarding. Pinboards are character attributes; they visualize thought processes; are used for conspiracy theories, as murder walls, or for complex cases in any genre. They significantly condition, and are conditioned by, seriality. This book discusses how the pinboards in Castle, Homeland, Flash Forward, and Heroes connect evidence, knowledge, and seriality and how through transmediality and fan practices an age of pinboarding has formed. Serial Pinboarding in Contemporary Television will appeal to TV enthusiasts, professionals and researchers, and students of TV and production studies, fan studies, media studies, and art theory.

Examines TV's pinboards and takes them seriously in their relevance for serial television Develops tools for analysis and a theoretic framework for future Invites an interdisciplinary view on TV series for a wide range of readers

Autorentext
Dr. Anne Ganzert is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Konstanz, Germany. Her teaching, research, and publications focus on TV Studies, Fan Studies, and Participation Theory. She is editor of ReClaiming Participation (2016) and Taking Sides (2020).

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. Serial Pinboarding.- 3. Pinboarding as Serial Practice.- 4. Pinboarding Spin-Offs.- 5. The Age of Pinboarding.- 6. Conclusion.