Glee, Flash Mobs, and the Creation of Heightened Realities

Authors

Elizabeth Downey, Mississippi State UniversityFollow

Abstract

The television series Glee managed to succeed where other musical television series failed. This can be partially attributed to the emergence of flash mob culture and social media in the same time period, which created a “heightened reality” in which public musical performances were more readily accepted. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Comments

The Version of Record of this manuscript has been published and is available in Journal of Popular Film & Television, 20 Sep 2016, http://tandfonline.com, doi:10.1080/01956051.2016.1142419.

Publisher

Routledge

First Page

128

Last Page

138

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/01956051.2016.1142419

Publication Date

9-20-2016

College

University Libraries

Keywords

flash mobs, Glee (television series), musical theatre, participatory culture, social media, television genres

Recommended Citation

Downey, Elizabeth M. "Glee, Flash Mobs, and the Creation of Heightened Realities." Journal of Popular Film & Television, vol. 44, no. 3, Jul-Sep2016, pp. 128-138. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1080/01956051.2016.1142419.