The Netflix Effect: Impacts of the Streaming Model on Television Storytelling

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Since the 2013 release of House of Cards, Netflix has increasingly been regarded as a disrupter in the TV ecosystem. The streaming service has been at the forefront of the rise in online original programming, which has many talking about the future of television. My thesis aims to cut through the noise and bring the conversation back to the storytelling. I argue that Netflix's innovations are part of a decades-long trend toward greater viewer access and control. Through a case study of Sense8, I develop a vocabulary for analyzing the effect of these distributional shifts on creative decision-making.

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    Name(s)
    Thesis advisor: Higgins, Scott
    Date
    April 15, 2016
    Extent
    217 pages
    Language
    eng
    Genre
    Physical Form
    electronic
    Discipline
    Rights and Use
    In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted
    Digital Collection
    PID
    ir:995