[Air-L] Reminder: CFP: Netflix at the Nexus - July 15

[Amber Buck]

Dear Colleagues,

Just a reminder that proposals for our edited collection, Netflix at the
Nexus, are due July 15.

Call for Proposals

*Netflix at the Nexus:*

*Content, Practice, and Production in the Age of Streaming Television*



Netflix’s meteoric rise as an online content provider has been well
documented and much debated in the popular press and in academic circles. It
has been praised as the future of television (Auletta, 2014) and as “the
most feared force in Hollywood” (Villarreal & James, 2016), while also
decried as the end of “TV’s Golden Age” and blamed for ushering in an era
where “TV shows may be briefer, lower-budget and filled with the kind of
product-placement ads that audiences hate and advertisers pay for”
(Thielman, 2016). Interestingly though, amongst the academic inquiry thus
far, much of this research has dealt primarily with the algorithmic culture
and nature of Netflix (Hallinan & Striphas, 2016; Gomez-Uribe & Hunt, 2016;
Amatriain, 2013), binge watching (Jenner, 2015, 2016; Pittman, & Sheehan,
2015), engagement, (Groshek, & Krongard, 2016; Matrix, 2014); and the
future of television, (Auletta, 2014).



The editors seek contributions to this collection that will broaden this
discussion greatly, focusing on Netflix in three specific ways:

·      *platform* - How does the nature of Netflix streaming change our
relationship to media? How does Netflix’s interface design impact media
consumption? How does Netflix change our media consumption in mobile
contexts? What are the cultural implications of Netflix’s business model?

·      *content* – What kind of content does Netflix privilege? How does
the streaming model change serialized programming? What are these effects
on narrative? Does Netflix’s streaming model prelude a more diverse
offering for consumers interested in “quality TV?” Do representations in
Netflix offerings differ from traditional broadcast programming? Is there a
“Netflix genre,” shows produced by Netflix can be recognized as such?

·      *viewer* *practices* – What kind of viewing practices does Netflix
encourage? What is the nature of viewer discourse surrounding binging and
other streaming viewing practices? How do fans discuss and build community
around Netflix programs? How do fans incorporate social media into their
viewing habits? Do users utilize social media as a second screen when
discussing their favorite programs?



*Submission* *Process*:
*Interested authors should submit an initial proposal of 500 words (exc.
references) by July 15, 2017.* This should be sent as a Word or PDF
document to editors Theo Plothe (theo at theoplothe.com) and Amber M. Buck (
ambuck at ua.edu
<https://webmail.ua.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=qellkT-zDlrqdeFPhI0gGiyxYeR5d4RW1A9VyJXVmfpt96-9ZobUCA..&URL=mailto%3aambuck%40ua.edu>)
for consideration. Selected authors will be invited to submit full chapters
of 7,000 words by December 1, 2017.

-- 
Amber M. Buck, PhD
Assistant Professor of English
University of Alabama