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This volume analyzes the Serial podcast, situating it in the trajectory of other popular crime narratives and contemporary cultural theory.

TikTok Cultures in the United States examines the role of TikTok in US popular culture, paying close attention to the app¿s growing body of subcultures. This timely volume will be of great interest to scholars of new and digital media, social media, popular culture, communication studies, gender studies, and performance studies.

This book takes a multidisciplinary approach to the question of esports and their role in society. A diverse group of authors tackle the impact of esports and the ways in which it has grown within the entertainment industry around the world.Chapters offer a coherent response to the following questions: What role do esports play in the entertainment industry? What communication skills can be learned through esports? What do the media gain from broadcasting esports? What is the relationship between social networks and esports? What are the main marketing strategies used in esports? What effect does communicative globalization have on the development of esports? What is the relationship between merchandising and esports? What do communication experts think about esports?Offering clear insights into this rapidly developing area, this volume will be of great interest to scholars, students, and anyone working in game studies, new media, leisure, sport studies, communication studies, transmedia literacy, and digital culture.The Open Access version of this book has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edit/10.4324/9781003273691/esports-media-angel-torres-toukoumidis

This volume analyzes the Serial podcast, situating it in the trajectory of other popular crime narratives and contemporary cultural theory.