Netflix, the “world’s leading Internet television network
launches in Belgium, France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.” This
information is extremely important due to the fact that television’s next
generation is growing bigger than we thought.
As
discussed in class, according to Miller “Television in the U.S would seek to
pacify audiences through the same authentic lies.” Due to Netflix, an Internet
television innovation being offered in these countries, people are changing the
way they watch television from day to day. These television shows, whether the
news, reality television etc. are feeding the eyes that watch it, lies, and
poison. According to Miller, anyone having a television is asking to be
manipulated and lied to.
These
Netflix users are also taking away the pure culture of gathering around a
television with your family to watch these episodes. Not only is it taking away
from the “I love Lucy” culture, but it also allows anyone that has access to
watch an episode, any season and at any time of the day. Netflix is also a huge
contributor to this Television 1.0 and 2.0 theories that Miller explains in his
book.
Netflix,
can be seen as a huge industry that allows certain television shows to be
viewed. The “Netflix” clan can choose what to make available, they also,
believe it or not, probably choose the ads that are being seen when trying to
watch a television show. Having Netflix control what we watch, you can kind of
look at them as the upcoming giant industry that will swallow up smaller
industries. According to Jenkins, Democracy is being eaten away at by the
television industries. Having all of these nations, being able to watch
television and seeing the same ads, and shows at any time, makes Netflix more
attractive to television viewers, which will impact how many people buy and use
it, which will in the end give the Netflix industry more power, and they will
use that power to take advantage of the viewers.
To
conclude, I believe Netflix is an awesome innovative invention and should be
used by anyone who wants to have free access to shows at any time. But, I don’t
think Netflix should have went global. The fact that it has gone global will
almost in a way homogenize the cultures that each nation has around watching
television. I miss being able to watch a show, and if you missed it you had to
wait for it to be played on re –run on the television. I despise that an
episode that I haven’t seen yet, can be spoiled by someone else writing about
it on the web. I think that Netflix being available for everyone is spoiling
television for viewers around the world. Unfortunately, I believe that Netflix
will just keep growing and televisions will wash away as we know them. A few
generations down the road, people are not going to even believe that we had
something called a television and that it wasn’t touch screen or talked to.
Inventions are positive but can also have their negative impacts on the world.
I believe Netflix, is indeed a negative invention.
WORK CITED:
https://pr.netflix.com/WebClient/getNewsSummary.do?newsId=1593
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