"The Missing Link Moment": Web Comedy in New Media Industries.

An essay is presented in which the author examines the role played by Web comedies, both Internet videos and Internet television programs, in contemporary media practices, focusing on the use of Web comedies by television corporations to supplement traditional programming. Particular attention is pa...

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Published in:Velvet Light Trap: A Critical Journal of Film & Television no. 68; pp. 14 - 24
Main Author: MARX, NICK
Format: Essay
Published: University of Texas Press Fall2011
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