Streamland

Just a few years ago, streaming services were a niche market but today they dominate the media landscape. The public service broadcasters are teetering on the brink and the private broadcasters are ailing. For nobody has anything bad to say about the tempting offerings from Netflix and Amazon Prime etc., which are so impressively matched to our needs. In doing so, we are swapping varied content for a provision which is controlled by algorithms which only suggest things that promise clicks. And while the providers increase their profit this way, we sink into our increasingly narrow filter bubble. Leading media researcher Prof. Marcus S. Kleiner shows how the streaming boom has the potential to shake up our democracy.