House of Netflix: Streaming Media and Digital Lore
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-26-2018
Publication Title
Popular Communication
First page number:
1
Last page number:
17
Abstract
This article focuses on the emergence of a nascent streaming industry. The media industry studies conceptualization of “industry lore” can be read during times of transition for media industries. Streaming lore is a re-articulation of existing industry lore accompanying the advent of streaming technology and distribution. Contemporary streaming acts as a site of rupture, wherein industry discourses related to digital media are rendered visible. The article proposes three categories of emergent streaming lore and analyzes their relation to a growing streaming media industry. These categories include (a) Netflix as “quality” streams, (b) the algorithmic audience, and (c) cord-cutters and cord-nevers.
Disciplines
Broadcast and Video Studies | Communication Technology and New Media
Language
English
Repository Citation
Burroughs, B.
(2018).
House of Netflix: Streaming Media and Digital Lore.
Popular Communication
1-17.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15405702.2017.1343948
