Will You Awaken When Your Netflix No Longer Works? American Films, Television Productions and Social Transformations in Poland

This article is devoted to the historical changes of the status of access to American TV and cinema content in Poland. Using the framework of cultural studies, media are treated here both as texts and objects. The analysis of case studies from the VHS era as well as of contemporary online streaming...

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Main Author: Mirosław Filiciak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Association for American Studies
Series:European Journal of American Studies
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/13568
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spelling doaj.art-ab7c1413babb414f8d592bd12caeb4ea2024-02-14T13:21:42ZengEuropean Association for American StudiesEuropean Journal of American Studies1991-933613310.4000/ejas.13568Will You Awaken When Your Netflix No Longer Works? American Films, Television Productions and Social Transformations in PolandMirosław FiliciakThis article is devoted to the historical changes of the status of access to American TV and cinema content in Poland. Using the framework of cultural studies, media are treated here both as texts and objects. The analysis of case studies from the VHS era as well as of contemporary online streaming services connects the way people access video content with the production of social prestige, and shows how changing styles of video consumption mark social transformations in contemporary Poland.https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/13568cultural studiesmediaAmerican filmsAmerican televisionVHSdistribution
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Will You Awaken When Your Netflix No Longer Works? American Films, Television Productions and Social Transformations in Poland
European Journal of American Studies
cultural studies
media
American films
American television
VHS
distribution
title Will You Awaken When Your Netflix No Longer Works? American Films, Television Productions and Social Transformations in Poland
title_full Will You Awaken When Your Netflix No Longer Works? American Films, Television Productions and Social Transformations in Poland
title_fullStr Will You Awaken When Your Netflix No Longer Works? American Films, Television Productions and Social Transformations in Poland
title_full_unstemmed Will You Awaken When Your Netflix No Longer Works? American Films, Television Productions and Social Transformations in Poland
title_short Will You Awaken When Your Netflix No Longer Works? American Films, Television Productions and Social Transformations in Poland
title_sort will you awaken when your netflix no longer works american films television productions and social transformations in poland
topic cultural studies
media
American films
American television
VHS
distribution
url https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/13568
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