High Maintenance and The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
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Abstract: How has web and mobile (networked) distribution changed television production, narrative, and marketing? The influx of indie producers making television for sites like YouTube has expanded the art of television beyond a show’s storytelling and visual style to include its overall development—financing, production, and marketing. Aymar Jean Christian contrasts two indie series with short episodes, distributed independently but later picked up by HBO, to demonstrate the changing art of TV.
This essay may be found on page 347 of the printed volume.