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Episode Synopsis
Streaming media and entertainment platforms like Spotify, YouTube, TikTok and Netflix rely on recommender systems to curate and present selected items from their vast libraries of content. These recommender systems draw on data associated with individual consumption activities and preferences, bespoke cultural categories, and licensing or advertising deals, and are baked into the platforms’ operations and business models. For example, Spotify automatically curates personalised playlists like Discover Weekly for each user, TikTok’s ‘for you page’ automatically cues up and plays a stream of algorithmically curated videos, YouTube suggests (and automatically plays) what’s ‘up next’ in each user’s queue, and the home screens of some smart TVs display menus of titles drawn from all the device’s installed streaming video apps, customising these already- personalised suggestions for the logged-in user.
These developments are said to have transformed our cultural environment, so that platforms exert new forms of cultural authority, displacing the ranking and evaluation functions of older media and cultural institutions, and reshaping how content creators reach and connect with their audiences. This panel considers this question of ‘algorithmic culture’ (Striphas, 2015), and the extent to which it departs from or simply recasts issues that have historically been associated with media distribution, popular consumption, and cultural value. The panel also considers challenges for updating Australia’s existing media policy frameworks. How, for example, do Australian content quotas translate to transnational platforms? How can we, and to what extent should we, ensure that Australians continue to experience diverse cultures and ideas in a personalised media environment?
This panel will bring together internationally recognised experts and industry participants to discuss these important issues around cultural authority and value in the context of everyday consumption practices.
Speakers:
Joel Brydon, ABC iView
Professor Jean Burgess, Queensland University of Technology (Host)
Dr Robbie Fordyce, Monash University
Matthew Hancock, SBS on Demand
Dr Danula Hettiachchi, RMIT University
Dr Adriana Matamoros- Fernandez, Queensland University of Technology
Dr Kylie Pappalardo, Queensland University of Technology
These developments are said to have transformed our cultural environment, so that platforms exert new forms of cultural authority, displacing the ranking and evaluation functions of older media and cultural institutions, and reshaping how content creators reach and connect with their audiences. This panel considers this question of ‘algorithmic culture’ (Striphas, 2015), and the extent to which it departs from or simply recasts issues that have historically been associated with media distribution, popular consumption, and cultural value. The panel also considers challenges for updating Australia’s existing media policy frameworks. How, for example, do Australian content quotas translate to transnational platforms? How can we, and to what extent should we, ensure that Australians continue to experience diverse cultures and ideas in a personalised media environment?
This panel will bring together internationally recognised experts and industry participants to discuss these important issues around cultural authority and value in the context of everyday consumption practices.
Speakers:
Joel Brydon, ABC iView
Professor Jean Burgess, Queensland University of Technology (Host)
Dr Robbie Fordyce, Monash University
Matthew Hancock, SBS on Demand
Dr Danula Hettiachchi, RMIT University
Dr Adriana Matamoros- Fernandez, Queensland University of Technology
Dr Kylie Pappalardo, Queensland University of Technology
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