The aim of this paper is to identify theoretical observation paths applicable to the abrupt evolution of the platform-based audiovisual streaming market. Starting from an awareness of the field that takes into account Media Studies – both in its production and distribution aspects – and Platform Studies, it is proposed here to apply a methodology derived from ethnographic observation and structural analysis (ethnosemiotics) to bring back to the debate both effective and operational descriptions of the actors involved in the market, as well as theoretical figurations on which to exercise intersubjective and ethical readings, opening up phenomenological problems concerning the immanence of on-demand consumption practices. The paper considers the epistemological field of reference, traces the foundations of the applied methodological proposal and shows the first results of descriptive effectiveness on paradigmatic case studies (Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+), resulting in the introduction of the research fields that all this is meant to open.
L’obiettivo di questo lavoro è di individuare delle vie di osservazione teorica applicabili all’evoluzione repentina del mercato dello streaming audiovisivo su piattaforma. Partendo da una consapevolezza di campo che tenga conto dei Media Studies – tanto negli aspetti produttivi quanto distributivi – e dei Platform Studies, si propone qui di applicare una metodologia derivata dall’osservazione etnografica e dall’analisi strutturale (etnosemiotica) per restituire al dibattito tanto descrizioni efficaci e operative degli attori implicati nel mercato, quanto figurazioni teoriche su cui esercitare letture di stampo intersoggettivo ed etico, aprendo a problemi di ordine fenomenologico riguardanti l’immanenza delle pratiche del consumo on-demand. L’elaborato considera il campo epistemologico di riferimento, traccia le basi della proposta metodologica applicata e mostra i primi risultati di efficacia descrittiva su casi di studio paradigmatici (Netflix, Prime Video e Disney+), con la conseguente introduzione dei campi di ricerca che tutto ciò va ad aprire.
Paesaggi dell’incontro mediale on-demand
NICOLO' VILLANI
2023-01-01
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to identify theoretical observation paths applicable to the abrupt evolution of the platform-based audiovisual streaming market. Starting from an awareness of the field that takes into account Media Studies – both in its production and distribution aspects – and Platform Studies, it is proposed here to apply a methodology derived from ethnographic observation and structural analysis (ethnosemiotics) to bring back to the debate both effective and operational descriptions of the actors involved in the market, as well as theoretical figurations on which to exercise intersubjective and ethical readings, opening up phenomenological problems concerning the immanence of on-demand consumption practices. The paper considers the epistemological field of reference, traces the foundations of the applied methodological proposal and shows the first results of descriptive effectiveness on paradigmatic case studies (Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+), resulting in the introduction of the research fields that all this is meant to open.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.