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The introduction argues for the importance of mediated cultural encounters for a deeper European understanding across borders. Fictional narratives and cultural encounters are posited as the missing link in European studies. The introduction outlines a sociology of mediated cultural encounters, considering the dynamics of cultural and media policy, the processes of co-production and distribution, the forms of creative encounters and the dimensions of transnational reception. Along with providing an overview of each of the chapters, it argues for the importance of combining qualitative and quantitative data and analysis in transnational television drama studies.
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Bondebjerg, I., Redvall, E.N., Helles, R., Lai, S.S., Søndergaard, H., Astrupgaard, C. (2017). Introduction: Transnational European TV Studies. In: Transnational European Television Drama. Palgrave European Film and Media Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62806-6_1
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