Collective Writers. The Role of Feedbacks in the Production of TV Series, and the Relationship between Writing Practices and Contemporary Cultural Industry
Abstract
By isolating some case studies of successful fiction, this paper reconstructs the ways in which, within contemporary cultural industry, the writing of a tv-series takes shape. From the “writers’ room” to the dynamics of negotiation involved in the production, releasing and broadcasting of audiovisual products, through users’ feedback and professional associations, the paper will outline the features of a diffused auteurism, where the writers, as well as the viewers, are first of all performers.
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