... self-reflexively draws attention to the constructed nature of (television) narratives while also highlighting the cultural construction that is the concept of linear time. This program is thus indicative of a larger trend in our contemporary society in which the differentiation between objective...

... daytime television television narratives television serials Jason Mittell is associate professor of American studies and film and media culture at Middlebury College. He has written on issues of television genres, including the soap opera, in Genre and Television and the textbook...