The ‘three-leaf clover’

Abstract

As the global distribution, broadcast and viewing of Danish TV drama in different parts of the world involves the engagement of heterogeneous players involved in complex interrelationships, this article discusses the methodological lens of the ‘three-leaf clover’ to capture the complexity of these interrelationships. The article explains how the three-leaf clover model helps in embracing transnational interconnectivities, presents its opportunities and challenges and tests the capacity of the model by discussing the differing historical trajectories of how the series travelled into the world, the varying intensities of interest in the series and the permeability of the audience groupings.

Keywords

Media audiences Nordic noir Danish TV drama transnational methodologies transnationalisation

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