Netflix Recommends - Algorithms, Film Choice, and the History of Taste

"A superb analysis of recommendation in the cultural industries that is technically astute, business savvy, and uniquely engaged with larger critical debates about taste and intermediation. Mattias Frey does an outstanding job of navigating this tricky terrain. Netflix Recommends is essential reading for anyone interested in the politics and prehistories of algorithmic recommendation."—Ramon Lobato, author of Netflix Nations: The Geography of Digital Distribution

"An intriguing alternative to critiques of platform power that question the use of algorithmic technologies as arbiters of cultural value. Frey contributes to the ongoing debate by concluding that Netflix’s discoverability and customization features avoid elitist taste cultures long associated with traditional arts curation after an extensive survey of more than two thousand users."—Denise Mann, author of Hollywood Independents: The Postwar Talent Takeover
 

About the author

Mattias Frey is Professor of Film, Media, and Culture at the University of Kent and the author or coeditor of seven books, including The Permanent Crisis of Film Criticism and Film Criticism in the Digital Age.

Product details

• Authors: Mattias Frey, Frey Mattias
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.10.2021
• EAN: 9780520382046
• ISBN: 978-0-520-38204-6
• No. of pages: 282
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Media Studies, Performing Arts, Television, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / General, COMPUTERS / Internet / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Television & Video, Internet: general works, Media, Information & Communication Industries, Television technology