Flow, Broadcasting
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23761101 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rasmus Helles (0000-0002-1746-4755, University of Copenhagen, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Pages | 1-10 |
| Publication date | 2016-10-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The International Encyclopedia of Communication Theory and Philosophy (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118766804.wbiect254 |
| OpenAlex | W4252498750 |
| ISBN | 9781118766804 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
The concept of flow is commonly used to describe the unique character of television as compared to other media. Flow highlights that television does not primarily consist of a progression of individual programs, but of a flow of content, in which the temporal order of programs is broken up by commercials, trailers for upcoming shows, etc. Debates about flow have concerned the ontological claim that flow is an essential consequence of the technological nature of broadcasting, and the epistemological limits of analyses based on flow theory, especially in relation to audience practices. Critics have also warned about the lack of precision in theoretical formulations of flow. An important reason for the success of the concept is that it encompasses dimensions of broadcasting on the levels of text, production, and reception. The entry concludes with a discussion of the challenges to the explanatory status of the concept that follows from new digital platforms for broadcast distribution.
Broadcasting (networking) · Business · Character (mathematics) · Computer security · Data mining · Economics · Epistemology · Flow (mathematics) · Order (exchange) · Production (economics) · Relation (database) · Sociology · Cinema and Media Studies · Computer Science · Digital Games and Media · Mathematics · Media Studies and Communication · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |