포스트네트워크 시대 텔레비전 드라마 연구

Abstract

This paper explores new features of TV dramas in the post-network era, also known as, the post-broadcast era. In the past two decades, the so-called “quality TV series” originated from the US have been very successful, not only in terms of audience shares, but also in terms of critical acclaim. In 2011, the British Indian novelist Salman Rushdie claimed, television dramas, such as Mad Men, The Sopranos, and The Wire, just to name a few, were the new literature of this age. The success of quality American TV dramas is a global phenomenon. The changing media environment makes them more accessible to the global audiences. The rise of streaming media services, such as Netflix and Amazon Prime, forever changed the way people watch and consume TV dramas. As they became a new major platform for TV dramas, it also changed the function of TV dramas in a society. Focusing on select TV dramas, this paper aims to explicate some major changes and features of the contemporary TV drama narrative. In doing so, it will reveal how the TV drama we know has evolved in our contemporary world.