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How Netflix and Amazon Prime etc. are threatening our democracy

The algorithms from Netflix etc. have long since determined what we watch.

When will they determine what we know?

The analysis of now by the “expert for popular media culture” (FAZ)

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.

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  • Publisher: Droemer HC
  • Release: 01.10.2020
  • ISBN: 978-3-426-27831-4
  • 304 Pages
  • Author: Prof. Dr. Marcus S. Kleiner
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Prof. Dr. Marcus S. Kleiner

Marcus S. Kleiner, born in 1973, is a professor of media and communication studies at the SRH School of Popular Arts in Berlin, where he is the head of the Master’s programme “Erlebniskommunikation” (experience communication). The media consultant, project and event manager, event promoter, copywriter, audiobook author and media expert has a contract with Universal for all his Youtube channels. Since September 2015, he has worked for SWR as a radio presenter.