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

• Autore: Arditi David <1982->
• Pubblicazione: Bingley, England : , : Emerald Publishing, , [2021]; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource ( , ix, 174 pages)
• Disciplina: 302.231
• Soggetto topico: Digital media - Social aspects
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- STREAMING CULTURE -- SocietyNow -- Endrosements -- STREAMING CULTURE: Subscription Platforms and the Unending Consumption of Culture -- Copyright -- 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 -- Notes -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Streaming culture
• ISBN: 9781839827723; 1-83982-768-8; 1839827734; 9781839827730
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910794684303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: SocietyNow.