Date of Award
Spring 2023
Degree Type
Thesis
Department
School of Journalism and Mass Communications
Director of Thesis
David Moscowitz
Second Reader
Brett Robertson
Abstract
This thesis focuses on Generation Z’s relationship to media-streaming services, using both analysis of academic texts and independent research consisting of a survey and a series of interviews with Generation Z as the intended audience. The analysis of academic texts focuses on the differences in viewing behaviors/consumption between streamed film/television and non-streamed film/television more generally, as well as how these behaviors factor into Generation Z’s perception of film/television and media-streaming services more specifically. The results of the survey and interviews show Generation Z’s awareness of the pressures streaming services put on viewers to watch content in an isolated and individualized manner and a simultaneous desire to go against these pressures, reaping the benefits of both solitary and communal media viewing.
First Page
1
Last Page
69
Recommended Citation
Graham, Collin, "The Screen and Generation Z: How Media-Streaming Services Affect Curation and Environment of Film and Television" (2023). Senior Theses. 880.
https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/senior_theses/880
Rights
© 2023, Collin Graham