Fall 2021

Week 8: 1994–Present

Streaming: From JenniCam to Zoom

Materials

Early Webcam Culture

• Victor Burgin, “Jenni’s Room: Exhibitionism and Solitude,” Critical Inquiry 7, no. 1 (Autumn 2000): 77–89.

Video Recommendation Algorithms

• Blake Hallinan, Ted Striphas, “Recommended for You: The Netflix Prize and the Production of Algorithmic Culture, New Media & Society 18, no. 1 (2016): 117–137.
• Mathew Ingram, “The YouTube ‘Radicalization Engine’ Debate Continues,” Columbia Journalism Review, January 9, 2020.

Net Neutrality

• Tim Wu, “Network Neutrality, Broadband Discrimination,” Journal of Telecommunications and High Technology Law 2 (2003): 141–176.
• “The WIRED Guide to Net Neutrality,” Wired, May 5, 2020.

Video Surveillance

• Mark Andrejevic and Zala Volcic, “‘Smart’ Cameras and the Operational Enclosure,” Television and New Media (2019): 1–17.

Recommended

Further Reading

• Jean Burgess and Joshua Green. YouTube: Online Video and Participatory Culture. John Wiley & Sons, 2018.
• Stuart Cunningham and David Craig. Social Media Entertainment: The New Intersection of Hollywood and Silicon Valley. NYU Press, 2019.

Podcasts

• “From Zero to Selfie,” The Secret History of the Future, October 10, 2018.
• “Netflix, Part 1” Acquired, November 11, 2018. | “Netflix, Part 2” Acquired, November 25, 2018.
• “Jennicam,” Reply All, December 14, 2014. | “Louder,” Reply All, July 11, 2019.

Videos