And the award goes to…
Congratulations to Dr. Sharon Shahaf, of Georgia State’s Moving Image Studies Program! Her book Global Television Formats: Understanding Television Across Borders (co-edited with Dr. Tasha Oren) won the 2013 Society for Cinema and Media Studies award for Best Edited Collection.
This award is bestowed annually by the Society for Cinema and Media Studies, the core professional organization for media scholars.
For more by Dr. Shahaf, check out her other articles on the globalization of television:
- “American Dreams – Israeli Formats: How Israeli TV Became a U.S. Success Story.” FlowTV (April 9, 2012).
- “Welcome to the Sitcom School: A Globalized Outlook for the Study of Television History.” Westminster Papers in Communication & Culture 4, no.4 (Dec. 2007): 103-123.
- “‘Israeli Idol’ Goes to War: The Globalization of Television Studies.” FlowTV (August 18, 2006).