TY - BOOK ID - 91827031 TI - Streaming culture : subscription platforms and the unending consumption of culture PY - 2021 SN - 1839827734 1839827688 9781839827730 1839827726 9781839827723 PB - Bingley: Emerald, DB - UniCat KW - Digital media KW - Multimedia communications KW - Streaming video KW - Acoustic streaming KW - Social aspects. KW - Streaming video - Social aspects KW - Acoustic streaming - Social aspects KW - Multimedia communications - Social aspects KW - Digital media - Social aspects KW - Internet - Social aspects KW - Internet videos - Economic aspects KW - Streaming technology (Telecommunications) KW - Internet KW - Internet videos UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:91827031 AB - The explosion of services such as Netflix, Spotify, Disney+, Apple Music, Amazon Prime and YouTube, which allow us to access content at the click of a button, has turned the norms surrounding cultural consumption upside down. How has this shift to an apparently unending supply of content affected the way we consume our favourite binge-worthy show, blockbuster movie or hot new album release ?Positioning streaming alongside a major shift to contemporary capitalism, David Arditi demonstrates that streaming platforms have created an economy where consumers pay more for the same amount of consumptive time. Encouraging us to look beyond the seemingly limitless supply of multimedia content, Arditi calls attention to the underlying dynamics of instant viewing - in which our access to content depends on any given service's willingness, and ability, to license it ER -