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Jonathan Gray is Hamel Family Distinguished Chair in Communication Arts at University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is author of Dislike-Minded: Media, Audiences, and the Dynamics of Taste, Television Studies (with Amanda D. Lotz), Show Sold Separately: Promos, Spoilers, and Other Media Paratexts, Television Entertainment, and Watching with The Simpsons: Television, Parody, and Intertextuality, and co-editor of numerous books including Keywords for Media Studies (with Laurie Ouellette) and A Companion to Media Authorship (with Derek Johnson). Derek Johnson is Professor of Media and Cultural Studies in the Communication Arts Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of Transgenerational Media Industries: Adults, Children and the Reproduction of Culture and Media Franchising: Creative License and Collaboration in the Culture Industries. He has also edited or co-edited several books, including most recently From Networks to Netflix: A Guide to Changing Channels and Point of Sale: Analyzing Media Retail (with Daniel Herbert).
In Television Goes to the Movies Jonathan Gray and Derek Johnson bundle their expertise to examine the complex relationship between television and film in the twenty-first century. Their exciting and engaging way to think of the multiple productive interactions between both media - in terms of convergence, adaptation, or film and television production cultures - makes this book a must-read for anyone interested in the contemporary media landscape. Kathleen Loock, Freie Universitat Berlin In Television Goes to the Movies, Jonathan Gray and Derek Johnson bundle their expertise to examine the relationship between television and film in the twenty-first century. The result is a compelling analysis of how these two media challenge, maintain, and transform industrial, textual, and technological boundaries - a must-read for anyone interested in the contemporary media landscape. Kathleen Loock, Professor of American Studies and Media Studies, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
