Netflix

Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

A lover or a monster: Jeffrey Dahmer in the true crime genre

Paper

Iris Dumoulin

30/11/2022

11 minutes to read

Netflix's newest series on Jeffrey Dahmer has sparked a large debate. In this study, I look at the Twitter conversations surrounding the Dahmer series and how they affect the broader conversation about the ethics of the true crime genre.

GLOW: Critiquing the Stereotypes of American Identities on TV (Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch)

Review

Marit van Dijck

05/10/2022

8 minutes to read

Glow critiques how stereotypes in the media do not do justice to the complex lived realities of multicultural individuals in America through the juxtaposition of stereotypical performances with the lived realities of individuals.

“Netflix finally gets me”: algorithmic imaginary of Netflix users

Article

Olga Koltsova

08/01/2022

10 minutes to read

Netflix algorithmic personalization makes users experience different feelings. What people feel towards algorithms makes them change their algorithmic practices thus changing and shaping the algorithms.

Emily in Paris: Bonjour clichés! (Darren Star)

Review

Tinka Krikke

05/05/2021

8 minutes to read

The new series 'Emily in Paris' has already received a lot of attention, but not without the critique. Parisians are routinely portrayed with a very essentialized and stereotypical national identity, which shapes our idea of 'Frenchness'.

Master of None and Modern Romances on Television

Paper

Chi-chieh Huang

08/07/2020

13 minutes to read

The article analyzes Netflix romantic comedy series Master of None under the framework of narrative complexity. The analysis showcases how the series subverts common conventions of its genre.

The Crown: historically accurate or pure fiction?

Article

Tara van Dijk

23/06/2020

15 minutes to read

The Crown has become one of the most popular shows on Netflix and it has been praised for its accuracy. The show balances between historical accuracy and fictional elements. This article analyzes the balance the show strikes as a docudrama.

'Winter On Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom' and the representation of political discourse through truth and fiction

Article

Nataliia Vdovychenko

01/06/2020

18 minutes to read

The Oscar-nominated documentary 'Winter On Fire: Ukraine's Fight For Freedom' aims at showing the revolution in Kyiv by applying truthful and staged elements as a method to represent political discourse.

How Netflix suggests what to watch

Paper

Anne Marte Gardenier

15/01/2020

9 minutes to read

This article gives an overview of the way in which Netflix makes use of computational research techniques in their recommendation system and in the production of highly personalized content.