Exploring Netflix myths: Towards more media industry studies and empirical research in studying video-on-demand

IF 0.9 2区艺术学 0 FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION

Critical Studies in Television Pub Date : 2024-11-11 DOI:10.1177/17496020241297618

Karin van Es

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Abstract

Using Netflix as a lens, this article identifies and unpacks three central interrelated myths – binge-watching, on-demand, and big data – surrounding global video-on-demand services. These myths are problematic because they make certain ideas about these services seem natural and self-evident, restricting our understanding of their role in culture and society. Moreover, these services provide little transparency and data access to evaluate their claims leading to a call for more media industry studies and empirical research. This article points to valuable avenues of inquiry, emerging from recent studies, that can serve as a source of inspiration for future research in this field.

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探索 Netflix 的神话：在研究视频点播时开展更多媒体行业研究和实证研究

本文以 Netflix 为视角，指出并解读了围绕全球视频点播服务的三个相互关联的核心神话--狂欢观看、按需点播和大数据。这些神话是有问题的，因为它们使关于这些服务的某些想法显得自然而然、不言自明，限制了我们对其在文化和社会中的作用的理解。此外，这些服务提供的透明度和数据访问很少，无法对其主张进行评估，因此呼吁开展更多的媒体行业研究和实证研究。本文指出了近期研究中出现的有价值的探索途径，这些途径可为该领域未来的研究提供灵感。

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Critical Studies in Television FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION-

CiteScore

2.10

自引率

30.00%

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期刊介绍： Critical Studies in Television publishes articles that draw together divergent disciplines and different ways of thinking, to promote and advance television as a distinct academic discipline. It welcomes contributions on any aspect of television—production studies and institutional histories, audience and reception studies, theoretical approaches, conceptual paradigms and pedagogical questions. It continues to invite analyses of the compositional principles and aesthetics of texts, as well as contextual matters relating to both contemporary and past productions. CST also features book reviews, dossiers and debates. The journal is scholarly but accessible, dedicated to generating new knowledge and fostering a dynamic intellectual platform for television studies.