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“Emily in Paris” and the Rise of Ambient TV
Many streaming television shows are ambient, too, deemphasizing narrative in favor of compelling atmosphere, tacitly leaving room for the viewer to look at their phone while watching without missing too much.
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
A problem I’ve run into over the last few years when it comes to television is I don’t always want to think that much when I turn my TV on. I’m an already anxious person living through incredibly stressful times; I don’t need much more weighing on my mind, but I also don’t want to watch whatever reality show people are talking about. I want to get ... See more
GQ • In Praise of Meditative TV
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How Everyone Got Lost in Netflix’s Endless Library
Willy Staley, Ron Butler, Krish Seenivasan, Devin Murphynytimes.com
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“Genre, medium, and format are secondary concerns and, in some instances, they seem to disappear entirely.” One piece of intellectual property inspires a feeding frenzy of podcast, documentary, and miniseries offshoots. Single episodes of streaming-service TV can run as long as a movie. Visual artists’ paintings appear on social media alongside the... See more
Kyle Chayka • How the Internet Turned Us Into Content Machines
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But there’s more that goes into meditative television. It’s not the same as what The New Yorker dubbed “Ambient TV”; in fact, I find myself highly engaged. It’s so strange and joyful. I’ve found myself trying to look at the world the way he does, just watching tiny things happen and not putting too much thought into it.
GQ • In Praise of Meditative TV
Keely Adler added
Filterworld, culture is becoming more ambient. Like Sleepify, it’s designed to be ignored, or, like the Marvel movie franchise, no single moment or fragment of it is particularly significant because there is always more to be consumed. When we embrace ambience, we lose the meaning of the finite and the discrete.
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
Today, the way we consume content is fundamentally changing. We no longer patiently wait for our favorite movie or shows to be released in theaters or on TV. We follow the actors of our favorite shows doggedly on Twitter, look for hints about the show on their Instagram page. We group chat with our friends about which actors were chosen, what plot ... See more
Alexandra Sukin • Future Films: Content in a Web3 World
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