Netflix's meteoric rise as an online content provider has been well documented and much debated in the popular press and in academic circles as an industry disrupter, while also blamed for ending TV's "Golden Age." For academic researchers, Netflix exists at the nexus of multipl…
Netflix's meteoric rise as an online content provider has been well documented and much debated in the popular press and in academic circles as an industry disrupter, while also blamed for ending TV's "Golden Age." For academic researchers, Netflix exists at the nexus of multipl…
"Algorithmic recommender systems, deployed by media companies to suggest content based on users' viewing histories, have inspired hopes for personalized, curated media, but also dire warnings of filter bubbles and media homogeneity. Curiously, both proponents and detractors assu…
"Algorithmic recommender systems, deployed by media companies to suggest content based on users' viewing histories, have inspired hopes for personalized, curated media, but also dire warnings of filter bubbles and media homogeneity. Curiously, both proponents and detractors assu…
Introduction -- Why we need film and series suggestions -- How algorithmic recommender systems work -- Cracking the code, part I : developing Netflix's recommendation algorithms -- Cracking the code, part II : unpacking Netflix's myth of big data -- How real people choose films …
"Algorithmic recommender systems, deployed by media companies to suggest content based on users' viewing histories, have inspired hopes for personalized, curated media, but also dire warnings of filter bubbles and media homogeneity. Curiously, both proponents and detractors assu…
"Algorithmic recommender systems, deployed by media companies to suggest content based on users' viewing histories, have inspired hopes for personalized, curated media, but also dire warnings of filter bubbles and media homogeneity. Curiously, both proponents and detractors assu…
Netflix nostalgia: streaming the past on demand
Netflix Nostalgia examines Netflix as both a creator and a distributor of nostalgic content, with contributions from scholars from around the world. The chapters examine the role of nostalgia in Netflix's brand identity, ideological messages about nostalgia in Netflix content, a…