Over-the-top and under the radarAn analysis of Internet distribution and its structural consequences in Denmark
The article traces the evolution of over-the-top (OTT) services in order to analyse how the growing use of Internet distribution influences the structural conditions and institutional arrangements in Denmark. This story is told in four parts: first, I outline how the shift from postal services to e-...
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| description | The article traces the evolution of over-the-top (OTT) services in order to analyse how the growing use of Internet distribution influences the structural conditions and institutional arrangements in Denmark. This story is told in four parts: first, I outline how the shift from postal services to e-mail restructured the conditions for asynchronous one-to-one communication; second, I examine the introduction of web-based services and the declining role of the press as gatekeeper for asynchronous one-to-many communication; third, I focus on the impact of mobile broadband and smartphones on synchronous one-to-one communication and the telecommunications sector; and fourth, I analyse the emergence of streaming technologies and the reorganisation of synchronous one-to-many communication and broadcasting. Building on these examples, I argue that key welfare state principles have come under pressure and that research tends to underestimate the fundamental transformations of the institutional order. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c00be28e06f24ccd89240f541de58b722023-09-02T14:53:01ZengSciendoNordicom Review2001-51192021-03-014219310810.2478/nor-2021-0022Over-the-top and under the radarAn analysis of Internet distribution and its structural consequences in DenmarkFlensburg Sofie0Department of Communication, University of Copenhagen, DenmarkThe article traces the evolution of over-the-top (OTT) services in order to analyse how the growing use of Internet distribution influences the structural conditions and institutional arrangements in Denmark. This story is told in four parts: first, I outline how the shift from postal services to e-mail restructured the conditions for asynchronous one-to-one communication; second, I examine the introduction of web-based services and the declining role of the press as gatekeeper for asynchronous one-to-many communication; third, I focus on the impact of mobile broadband and smartphones on synchronous one-to-one communication and the telecommunications sector; and fourth, I analyse the emergence of streaming technologies and the reorganisation of synchronous one-to-many communication and broadcasting. Building on these examples, I argue that key welfare state principles have come under pressure and that research tends to underestimate the fundamental transformations of the institutional order.https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2021-0022ottdigital distributioninternet infrastructureinternet historypolitical economy of communication |
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| title | Over-the-top and under the radarAn analysis of Internet distribution and its structural consequences in Denmark |
| title_full | Over-the-top and under the radarAn analysis of Internet distribution and its structural consequences in Denmark |
| title_fullStr | Over-the-top and under the radarAn analysis of Internet distribution and its structural consequences in Denmark |
| title_full_unstemmed | Over-the-top and under the radarAn analysis of Internet distribution and its structural consequences in Denmark |
| title_short | Over-the-top and under the radarAn analysis of Internet distribution and its structural consequences in Denmark |
| title_sort | over the top and under the radaran analysis of internet distribution and its structural consequences in denmark |
| topic | ott digital distribution internet infrastructure internet history political economy of communication |
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