Genres Change Over Time

Summary of Genre Findings

• Studying TV genre is inherently problematic because it is already a contentious term.
  
• ‘Genres are made not born’ (Feuer, 1992: 114).
  
• Genre frames audience expectations.
  
• Industry depends on generic forms and formats for its organization and attempts to
  attract audiences.
  
• TV genre and programming forms and formats are notoriously hybridized.
  

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For this post we will be exploring how and why genres change over time looking at the genre of Westerns as an example.

Differentiated Task: Write up the summary above and then create a post based on your own research as to why genres change over time.