电视媒介在传统上是家庭娱乐的中心,但随着手机、平板电脑和笔记本电脑等数字媒介的发展,电视的中心地位受到挑战。这些小屏幕媒介具有个人定制化、可移动、随时上网等超越传统媒介的优势。它们在观众身边形成的信息饱和环境,不断地和电视屏幕争夺观众有限的注意力。这一现象特别在一些叙事类节目,如大型电视连续剧收视效果中更为明显。米特尔(Mittel)以“叙事复杂性”来表示美国大型电视剧的特征,例如长系列、多情节、多 Television media has traditionally been the center of home entertainment, but the centrality of television has been challenged with the growth of digital media such as cellphones, tablets and laptops. These small-screen media have the advantages of being customized, removable, ready to go online and beyond traditional media. The saturated information environment they create around the audience continuously competes with the television screen for the viewer’s limited attention. This phenomenon is especially evident in some narrative programs, such as the viewing of large television series. Mittel Expresses the Features of Large American TV Shows with “Narrative Complexity,” such as Long Series, Multiple Episodes, and More