The survival of soap opera
Subtitle: transformations for a new media era
By: edited by Sam Ford, Abigail de Kosnik, and C. Lee Harrington
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jackson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9781604737165; 9781604737172
Subjects: History and criticism; Television soap operas; Television viewers
Notes: Includes interviews that provide various perspectives of the soap opera television.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-330) and index.
Table of contents: title: Challenges to the future of soaps. Introduction : the crisis of daytime drama and what it means for the future of television / Sam Ford, Abigail de Kosnik, and C. Lee Harrington; title: Perspective : scholars Barbara Irwin and Mary Cassata on the state of U.S. soap operas / based on an interview by C. Lee Harrington; title: Perspective : historian William J. Reynolds on memories of The edge of night / based on an interview by Sam Ford; title: Perspective : writer Patrick Mulcahey on changes in soap opera writing contracts / based on an interview by Giada da Ros; title: Perspective : actor Tristan Rogers on changes in soaps' industry, audiences, and texts / based on an interview by Abigail de Kosnik; title: Daytime budget cuts / Sara A. Bibel; title: Agnes Nixon and soap opera "chemistry tests" / Carol Traynor Williams; title: Giving soaps a good scrub : ABC's Ugly Betty and the ethnicity of television formats / Jaime J. Nasser; title: The way we were : the institutional logics of professionals and fans in the soap opera industry / Melissa C. Scardaville; title: Capitalizing on history. Perspective : scholar Horace Newcomb on the pleasures and influence of soaps / based on an interview by Sam Ford; title: Perspective : scholar Robert C. Allen on studying soap operas / based on an interview by C. Lee Harrington; title: Growing old together : following As the world turns' Tom Hughes through the years / Sam Ford; title: Perspective : writer Kay Alden on what makes soaps unique / based on an interview by Sam Ford; title: Perspective : scholar Nancy Baym on soaps after the O.J. Simpson trial / based on an interview by Abigail de Kosnik; title: Of soap operas, space operas, and television's rocky romance with the feminine form / Christine Scodari; title: The ironic and convoluted relationship between daytime and primetime soap operas / Lynn Liccardo; title: Perspective : scholar Louise Spence on comparing the soap opera to other forms / based on an interview by Abigail de Kosnik; title: Perspective : scholar Jason Mittell on the ties between daytime and primetime serials / based on an interview by Sam Ford; title: Preserving soap history : what will it mean for the future of soaps? / Mary Jeanne Wilson; title: Did the 2007 writers strike save daytime's highest-rated drama? / J.A. Metzler; title: Experimenting with production and distribution. "The rhetoric of the camera in television soap opera" revisited : the case of General Hospital / Bernard M. Timberg and Ernest Alba; title: It's not all talk : editing and storytelling in As the world turns / Deborah L. Jaramillo; title: Guiding light : relevance and renewal in a changing genre / Patrick Erwin; title: The evolution of the production process of soap operas today / Erick Yates Green; title: From daytime to Night shift : examining the ABC daytime/SOAPnet primetime spin-off experiment / Racquel Gonzales; title: "What the hell does TIIC mean?" online content and the struggle to save the soaps / Elana Levine; title: The evolution of the fan video and the influence of YouTube on the creative decision-making process for fans / Emma F. Webb; title: Learning from diverse audiences. Soaps for tomorrow : media fans making online drama from celebrity gossip / Abigail de Kosnik; title: Soap opera critics and criticism : industry and audience in an era of transformation / Denise D. Bielby; title: Hanging on by a common thread / Julie Porter; title: Perspective : fan site moderator QueenEve on fan activity around and against soaps / based on an interview by Abigail de Kosnik; title: The role of "the audience" in the writing process / Tom Casiello; title: The "missing years" : how local programming ruptured Days of our lives in Australia / Radha O'Meara; title: As the world turns' Luke and Noah and fan activism / Roger Newcomb; title: Constructing the older audience : age and aging in soaps / C. Lee Harrington and Denise Brothers.