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Surviving Dystopia: Immersive Spectacle as Transmedia Marketing in Netflix’s K-dramas
Hyun Jung Stephany Noh / Texas A&M Corpus Christi

October 24, 2025 Hyun-jung Stephany Noh / Texas A&M at Corpus Christi Leave a comment

Hyun Jung Stephany Noh analyzes the immersive and interactive spectacles Netflix employs as transmedia marketing strategy for its “K-dystopian” dramas, an emerging post-Covid genre.

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“Rainbow Is the New Black”: Netflix’s Queer Marketing Moment
Joseph Harrison / University of Warwick

March 2, 2020 Joseph Harrison / University of Warwick Leave a comment

Joseph Harrison takes up Netflix’s recent ambiguously political advertising campaign in Italy.

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Targeting the Fan: Changing Demographics to Catch Engagement
Jessica Bay / York & Ryerson Universities

January 29, 2018 Jessica Bay / York & Ryerson Universities 2 comments

Jessica Bay uses Lionsgate’s Hunger Games marketing campaign to explore the ways in which fans have become a key demographic for digital promotional strategies.

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Algorithmic Advertising and the Perils of Personalisation
JP Kelly / Royal Holloway College, University of London

January 29, 2018 JP Kelly / Holloway College, University of London 11 comments

JP Kelly takes a look at the thumbnails of Netflix, how they are decided, personalized, and what effect that can have for viewers.

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:30 Spot on Life Support?: Considering Media Advertising Options
Justin Wyatt / University of Rhode Island

January 29, 2018 Justin Wyatt / University of Rhode Island One comment

Justin Wyatt considers discourses on digital and television advertising and considers how the truisms of television marketing are being revised, reformed, and sometimes simply rejected by the new variety of options for TV consumption.

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Friction Points in Influencer Marketing
Cynthia Meyers / College of Mount Saint Vincent

January 28, 2018 Cynthia Meyers / College of Mount Saint Vincent One comment

Cynthia Meyers considers the “friction points” in influencer marketing, assessing the ways in which digital promotions are diverging from traditional advertising approaches and harkening back to earlier forms of sponsored content.

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Player Two Wins: Announce Your Game Second
Cameron Lindsey / University of Texas at Austin

July 5, 2016 Cameron Lindsey One comment

The reveal trailers for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and Battlefield 1 have become the most disliked and liked trailers on YouTube, respectively. Cameron Lindsey thinks this says less about the games themselves, and more about the marketing.

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La Banda: Marketing Confusion, Cultural Hybridity, and Nostalgia in Univision
Manuel G. Aviles-Santiago / Arizona State University

March 28, 2016 Manuel Aviles-Santiago / Arizona State University

Manuel Aviles-Santiago explores Univision’s latest appeal to “billenial” audiences through its new show, La Banda , about the creation of a new boy band, which encourages pan-Latino viewership and millennial engagement.

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New to You?: NBC’s The Office and the Remake of a Cult British Hit TV Series

May 13, 2005 Richard L. Edwards / St. Mary's College 5 comments

by: Richard L. Edwards / St. Mary’s College
Is there a better way for American TV networks to remake British shows?

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Benjamin M. Han argues that while one might be inclined to identify specific elements of the film that appeal to the global audience, Kpop Demon Hunters prompts us to examine questions of national identity in terms of its Koreanness.

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In "Yet Another KPDH Thought Piece: Socially Conscious and Popular?" Dr. David Oh investigates how Kpop Demon Hunters has managed to maintain its popular status despite the film’s counterhegemonic tendencies.

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