| American TV Drama is no stranger to Chinese audiences in 1980s. "Man from Atlantis" and "Garrison's Gorillas" deeply affected a generation of Chinese Audiences. In 1990s, the increase of TV shows and the publication of regulation about "limitation of importing foreign TV drama" made American TV drama away from Chinese audience for a long time. However, as the Network Technology develops, with the help of Subtitles amateur who, US TV drama has gained a group of audiences who are called "American drama fans".These fans have several vivid features:good English capability, identification with western values, enjoying the fantastic world of the American TV drama. They discuss the drama on BBS and Websites. All the conditions have accorded with the characteristic of subculture, and online dissemination has upset the traditional definition of propagators and accepter. The online dissemination of US TV drama is illegal because of the copyright issue. |
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