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  Netflix and Rethinking Ritualized Consumption of Audiovisual Content

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  Ariane Lebot Tisch School of the Arts, New York University

  December 03, 2013

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  Netflix and Rethinking Ritualized Consumption of Audiovisual Content spectatorship Netflix binge-watching Curator's Note This promotional clip for IFC’s Portlandia testifies to the acknowledgment of binge-watching as a widespread practice, as its com ...
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  Doing Time: Queer Temporalities and Orange Is the New Black

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  Maria San Filippo Emerson College

  March 10, 2014

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  Doing Time: Queer Temporalities and Orange Is the New Black temporality queer OITNB Netflix fan labor Curator's Note In releasing the complete first season of Orange Is the New Black for streaming July 11, 2013, Netflix delivered a binge-watched hit ...
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  The Absurdity of Nostalgia in the Visual Comedy of Netflix’s Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp

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  Garret Castleberry Mid-America Christian University

  September 15, 2016

  offered the most glaringly authentic satirical reversal of the pop nostalgia movement...at least until the ...
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  Bringing Back our Favorites: Nostalgia, Revivals and the Limited Series Format

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  Liz Clarke University of New Brunswick

  December 12, 2016

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  the very least, for the popular media tropes of that decade), while shows such as Arrested ...
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  “Darkness Falls Across the Land”: Pre-Existing Music and Strange Associations

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  Elizabeth Rosemary Hunt University of Liverpool

  October 28, 2017

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  until 0:50, yet this remains ambiguous until 1:20 when the spoken word opening to ‘Thriller’ begins ... the series (as it can only be viewed through their service), or at least  have enticed current ...
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  House of Cards in China

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  Fan Yang University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)

  March 29, 2018

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  House of Cards in China Netflix global television China Curator's Note In 2013, the Netflix-produced political drama House of Cards (hereafter HoC) was a hit in China. Rather than entering the country via illicit streaming, it became the most-watched ...
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  Digital Streaming Services in Turkey

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  Jülide Etem Indiana University, Bloomington

  March 30, 2018

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  platforms. The online streaming platforms also established at least two new viewing practices. First, they ...
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  Refereeing the Streaming Wars: The Regeneration of Third-Party Audience Metrics

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  Jennifer Hessler Bucknell Univeristy

  May 07, 2020

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  Refereeing the Streaming Wars: The Regeneration of Third-Party Audience Metrics Nielsen streaming wars Netflix Audience Measurement advertising Curator's Note [See the full video “ Frontline at the Streaming Wars ” from the 9 th  Annual Cross-Platfor ...
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  Does Netflix’s Success Signal The Return of Vertical Integration?

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  Jonathan Wroot University of Greenwich

  May 08, 2020

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  Does Netflix’s Success Signal The Return of Vertical Integration? Netflix DVD home media distribution Curator's Note The above clip is one of many unboxing videos that can now be found for Criterion’s DVD and Blu-Ray release of Roma (dir. Alfonso Cua ...
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  Fair Play and Perverse Systems in Squid Game

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  Matt Knutson University of Central Oklahoma

  January 18, 2022

  the fix—in,” games offer justice and achievement, or at least high scores.  Squid Game  imagines a new ...