Rerun Nation: How Repeats Invented American Television by Derek Kompare

By Derek Kompare

Rerun Nation is an engaging method of tv heritage and thought in the course of the ubiquitous but ignored phenomenon of reruns. Kompare covers either old and conceptual flooring, weaving jointly a refresher direction within the background of tv with a severe research of ways reruns have formed the cultural, monetary, and felony terrains of yank tv. Given the increasing use of previous media texts not just within the usa, but in addition in almost each media-rich society, this publication addresses a severe part of daily life.

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