The netflix effect: technology and entertainment in the 21st century/ edited by Kevin McDonald and Daniel Smith-Rowsey. - New York: Bloomsbury, 2016. - xii, 255 p. illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes index.

Machine generated contents note: -- Part I: Game-Changing Debates -- Chapter One - Netflix's Red Revolution (Cameron Lindsey, New York University, USA) -- Chapter Two - Disrupting Game-changers: Economic Adversaries and New Media Historiography (Gerald Sim, Florida Atlantic University, USA) -- Chapter Three - When Elephants Fight: Netflix, Net Neutrality, and the Public Interest (Lyell Davies, City University of New York, USA) -- Chapter Four - Smartest Guys in the Room: Framing Media Regulation through Netflix (Alison Novak, Temple University, USA) -- Part II: (Dis)Empowering Users -- Chapter Five - Netflix and the Myth of Choice/Participation/Autonomy (Sarah Arnold, Falmouth University, UK) -- Chapter Six - Imaginative Indices and Deceptive Domains: Examining Netflix's Categories and Genres (Daniel Smith-Rowsey, California State University Sacramento, USA) -- Chapter Seven - From Genres to Micro-Tags: Reverse-Engineering Cinematic Taste (Neta Alexander, New York University, USA) -- Chapter Eight - Netflix and the Documentary Boom (Sudeep Sharma, University of California, Los Angeles, USA) -- Part III: Binging Practices -- Chapter Nine - "Forward is the Battle Cry": Binge-Viewing Netflix's House of Cards (Casey McCormick, McGill University, Canada) -- Chapter Ten - Binge Watching "Noir" at Home: Reimagining Cinematic Reception and Distribution via Netflix (Sheri Chinen Biesen, Rowan University, USA) -- Chapter Eleven - The Cognitive Psychological Effects of Binge Watching: Is Netflix Ruining Viewer Empathy for Popular Television? (Zachary Snider, Bentley University, USA) -- Part IV: Facing the Future -- Chapter Twelve - Risk, Representation, and Netflix's Orange is the New Black (Brittany Farr, University of Southern California, USA) -- Chapter Thirteen - Invading Europe: Netflix's Expansion to the European Market, A German Case Study (Christian Stiegler, Karlschochschule International University, Germany) -- Chapter Fourteen - Streaming Trans-Atlantic: Netflix, Imported Drama and the British Digital Television Ecology (Sam Ward, University of Nottingham, UK) -- Chapter Fifteen - From Online Video Stores to Global Internet TV Networks: Netflix and the Future of Home Entertainment (Kevin McDonald, California State University, Northridge, USA) Bibliography -- Index.

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Video rental services--History.--United States
Internet--Social aspects--History.--United States
Social Science / Media Studies.
Computers Digital Media / Video & Animation.

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