About the Book
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.
Netflix Recommends
Algorithms
by Mattias Frey (Author)
Price: $29.95 / £25.00
Publication Date: Oct 2021
Title Details:
Rights: World
Pages: 282
ISBN: 9780520382046
Trim Size: 6 x 9
Illustrations: 2 b/w photographs, 13 b/w charts, 2 tables
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Table of Contents
"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
"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
Reviews
"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
"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
Awards
- BAFTSS Best Monograph Award 2023, British Association of Film, Television, and Screen Studies