Project Plan
A version of this document should be submitted as Task 3 of the Portfolio of Module Tasks (Coursework 1).
Name: Antoine Romano Combes
Project title: Netflix series and addiction, a modern phenomenon.
Outline of your project in 200 words:
(What it is about? What is the rational for doing it? What is your guiding question or thesis?)
My project is focusing on the addiction created by TV series, especially through the platform Netflix very popular and demanded among people in the last few years.
My guiding question is “Are TV series always been addictive or was the phenomenon increased with Netflix platform?”
Netflix era revolutionized the way of watching TV series and movies, everything is available on demand, whenever the customer wants it. The project will compare TV series before the Netflix era and and after, analyzing how did the behavior of a customer in front of the screen changed. My point is to prove the platforms such as Netflix are part of the digital era’s progress but can nevertheless lead to serious addiction and customers are not realizing it. I also will enounce the positive points of such platforms to contrast, but the project will be shaped as a critique more than anything else. The conclusion will shape the critique and lead to my final point asking the question if things can be changed for online streaming platforms.
Methods being used in 200 words:
(What is your approach? What is your guiding methodology and why is it an appropriate choice? What will you actually being doing?)
I will start by a brief introduction on TV series and their history and Netflix, using books such as “Television and Everyday Life” by Roger Silverstone in order to get to the context in details.
My first point will be focused on the addiction, explaining the word in details and especially focusing on addiction as seen as a drug related word only, but can actually be related to many more concepts, Television being one of them.
The second will compare TV series in the early Television times and in the nowadays digital era. The main point of focus is that TV series used to be broadcasted generally once a week (will give relevant examples) rather than be fully available on a digital platform, which I truly think increases the addiction and leads the customers to consume episode after episode without realising.
My second point will be a photo elicitation interview. The interview will be a generation contrast between 3 youths and 3 older people comparing their way of looking at TV series. They will be interviewed separately and will be asked questions about their point of view. My goal is to prove that the younger generation is more likely to get addicted to TV shows.
I will conclude my project enouncing what I have learned and my final thought on the issue. The conclusion will also include a part where I will enounce ideas to decrease Television and streaming addiction.
Ethical issues:
(please outline any particular ethical issues you feel the research might present)
As regards ethical issues my concern will be into ask consent to my interviewees and definitely use their data in the right way.
Training needs/Resources
(please identify any specific training needs or resources needed, such as recording technologies. How are you going to acquire these?)
The main event that I would have to is to organize interviews with people and try to get as much information as I need. I am going the have a few days of reflection on who id like to interview and contact them as soon as possible.
Resource list/bibliography:
(name at least 5 academic texts you will use to underpin your project, naming particular articles and chapters where possible)
Silverstone, R. (2007). Television and everyday life. London: Routledge.
Hoskyns, B. (n.d.). Never enough.
Mahdawi, A. (2019). Netflix addiction is real – we are entertaining ourselves to death | Arwa Mahdawi. [online] the Guardian. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/20/netflix-addiction-is-real-we-are-entertaining-ourselves-to-death [Accessed 15 Nov. 2019].
Winnicot, D.W (1953) Transitional objects and transitional phenomena – a study of the first not me possession. International Journal of Psycho analysis, 34,89-97
Pawlowski, C. (2001). Glued to the tube. Naperville: Sourc