Full Description
This volume considers the different implications of the rise of streaming services and their particular acceleration during the COVID-19 pandemic. Exploring the significant disruption caused to the entertainment industries by the rise of these streaming services, a team of international scholars examine changes to labor issues and compensation, which were central to the conflict between the Writers Guild of America members and their agents, the broadening divide between networks and affiliates, the significant consolidation of the media industry resulting from Disney's acquisition of Fox ahead of the launch of Disney+, and the variety of business models behind these services that defy the traditional advertising models and standard revenue streams. This thorough and multifaceted look at this rapidly growing section of the entertainment industry will be of interest to academics and students working in film and TV studies, media industry studies, digital media studies, business, and communication studies.
Contents
1 Introduction
2 Rethinking Orientalism: Squid Game, transnationalism and digital streaming
3 The State and Streaming Services in Iran: Legacy and Disruptive Media
4 Diversity in Streaming Media: The Audience Perspective
5 Convenience Versus Experience: Youth Perceptions on the Viability of the Movie Theater in the Streaming Age
6 COVID, cord-cutting and coping: A snapshot of university students' viewing behaviors
7 Streaming as Strategy for Displaying the Black Experience
8 "Pockets" of Conflict: Mobile Streaming Wars, Competition, and Market Power
9 The Netflix Effect in Canada: Disruptive Innovations and Regulatory Considerations
10 Buckle Up for the Korean Wave: The Moral Foundations of Prosocial Messages Found in Top Korean Dramas on Netflix
