The Netflix Effect

Netflix has reshaped how audiences watch film and television, having been one of the first companies to build a profitable business on new internet technology. Today it is a major distributor of digital entertainment, available across countless screens and devices. Compared with rivals like YouTube, Apple, Amazon, Comcast and HBO, however, it has received surprisingly little scholarly scrutiny.

This collection sets out to fill that gap. Its essays examine Netflix from several academic angles, reflecting its hybrid character and its ties to new ways of producing, distributing and engaging with media, to established media conglomerates and consumer electronics makers, to its role as a web service and data network, and to the wider technological infrastructure it depends on.