Ephemeral Media

MARK BROWNRIGG University of Stirling, UK JOHN T. CALDWELL University of California, Los Angeles, USA ROSAMUND DAVIES University of Greenwich, UK MAX DAWSON Northwestern University, USA JON DOVEY University of the West of England, UK JOHN ELLIS Royal Holloway, University of London, UK ELIZABETH EVANS University of Nottingham, UK VICTORIA JAYE Head of Fiction and Entertainment Multiplatform Commissioning, BBC Vision JP KELLY University of Nottingham, UK BARBARA KLINGER Indiana University, USA CHARLIE MAWER Executive Creative Director, Red Bee Media PETER MEECH WILLIAM URICCHIO Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Examining dynamics of brevity and evanescence in the television and new media environment, this book provides a new perspective on the transitory, and transitional, nature of screen culture in the early twenty-first century.Ephemeral Media explores the practices, strategies and textual forms helping producers negotiate a fast-paced mediascape. Examining dynamics of brevity and evanescence in the television and new media environment, this book provides a new perspective on the transitory, and transitional, nature of screen culture in the early twenty-first century.