Title Streaming culture : subscription platforms and the unending consumption of culture / by David Arditi

Edition First edition Published Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2021

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Description 1 online resource Series SocietyNow SocietyNow. Contents 1. Introduction: Caught in the Stream -- Culture -- Streaming -- Why Does Streaming Culture Matter? -- Interactions with Cultural Texts -- Shifting Capitalism -- Layout of the Book -- Notes -- 2. Digital Retail: Disruption, Distribution, and Disintermediation -- Sharing -- Disruption -- Distribution and Disintermediation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 3. Streaming Music: Unending Consumption Begins -- The Album Replacement Cycle -- Beats, Spotify, Apple and the Streaming Era -- Listening in the Streaming Era -- User-Generated Music Streaming Platforms -- Notes -- 4. Streaming Film: Simultaneous Release, Circumventing Censorship, and Indies -- The Changing Film Experience -- Independent Streaming -- Censorship -- No More DVD Collections -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 5. Streaming TV: The Golden Age of TV and Flow Interrupted -- From VHS to DVR: Trying to Watch a Show -- Political Economy of Streaming Television -- Binge-watching -- Golden Age of Television -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 6. Streaming Video Games: Never Own a Game Again -- The Changing Video Game Commodity -- Video Game Streaming Culture -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 7. New Cultural Forms: Dominant, Residual, and Emergent -- Streaming Culture: "Dominant, Residual, and Emergent" -- Dominant Streams -- Instant Ink -- Software, Spyware and Anti-virus -- Residual -- Vinyl -- Emergent -- Vloggers -- Twitch -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 8. Conclusion -- Subscriptions and Unending Consumption -- Caught in the Stream -- Streaming in the Future Summary Encouraging us to look beyond the seemingly limitless supply of multimedia content, David Arditi calls attention to the underlying dynamics of instant viewing - in which our access to our favourite binge-worthy show, blockbuster movie or hot new album release depends on any given service's willingness, and ability, to license it Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 28, 2021) Subject Streaming video -- Social aspects Acoustic streaming -- Social aspects Multimedia communications -- Social aspects Digital media -- Social aspects Media studies. Social Science, Technology Studies. Digital media -- Social aspects. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781839827723 1839827726 9781839827686 1839827688

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