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Virtuality and the Television Audience: The Case of Futurama

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Author: BAILEY, STEVE

Source: The Communication Review, Volume 5, Number 3, 1 January 2002, pp. 239-257(19)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10714420214172

This essay examines the impact of Internet-based discourse on television audiences by examining the specific case of the recent program Futurama. Futurama has inspired the development of a vast and diverse virtual community dedicated to discussions of the program and the production of a variety of secondary discourses. .

Document Type: Research Article

Affiliations: Division of Humanities/Programs in Science and Society, York University, Toronto, Canada

Publication date: 01 January 2002

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