Locations in Television Drama Series: Introduction

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Abstract

This special issue is dedicated to the analysis of the increasingly significant role of location as a key element in television drama. In recent years, the popularity of serial television has progressively been tied to the expanded use of location as a central element in productions, both as setting and as part of a wider audience engagement driven by social media and marketing. Popular television series and brands as for example Game of Thrones, Sex and the city, Nordic Noir, The Fall, Cities and The Wire illustrate how location has become a significant production value. This emerging field of research defined here as ‘location studies’ represents an interdisciplinary approach to the study of television series. It is pertinent at this point to bring together examples of work from a range of scholars and to usefully mark out potential lines of development within the subject. Location has so far mainly been considered as a practical term in film and television productions.
Original languageEnglish
JournalSERIES - International journal of TV series narratives
Volume3
Issue1
Pages (from-to)5-10
Number of pages6
ISSN2421-454X
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Jul 2017

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