*apologies for cross-posting* We are pleased to announce the publication of Geoblocking and Global Video Culture, an open-access edited collection on the politics of region control and circumvention in digital media. To download the PDF, visit http://networkcultures.org/blog/publication/no-18-geoblocking-and-global-vid... /// GEOBLOCKING AND GLOBAL VIDEO CULTURE Eds. Ramon Lobato and James Meese Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures, 2016 How do global audiences use streaming platforms like YouTube, Netflix and iPlayer? How does the experience of digital video change according to location? What strategies do people use to access out-of-region content? What are the commercial and governmental motivations behind geoblocking? Geoblocking and Global Video Culture explores the cultural implications of access and circumvention in an age of VPNs. Featuring seventeen chapters from diverse critical positions and locations - including China, Iran, Malaysia, Turkey, Cuba, Brazil, USA, Sweden and Australia - the book offers a wide-ranging analysis of region control in digital media industries. Available as a free PDF, EPUB, ISSUU, and print-on-demand book from Institute of Network Cultures - http://networkcultures.org/publications/ /// TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I: Perspectives on Geoblocking <<
Introduction: The New Video Geography - Ramon Lobato Tunneling Media: Geoblocking and Online Border Resistance - Juan Llamas-Rodriguez The Logics and Territorialities of Geoblocking - Cameran Ashraf & Luis Felipe Alvarez León Geoblocking, Technical Standards and the Law - Marketa Trimble Periscope, Live-Streaming and Mobile Video Culture - Adam Rugg & Benjamin Burroughs Circumvention, Media Sport and The Fragmentation of Video Culture - James Meese & Aneta Podkalicka Live Sports, Piracy and Uncertainty: Understanding Illegal Streaming Aggregation Platforms - Florian Hoof The Future in a Vault of Plastic: Physical Geolocking in the Era of the 16-bit Video Game Cartridge, 1988-1993 - Roland Burke
PART II: Circumvention Case Studies <<
China: The Techno-Politics of the Wall - Jinying Li Australia: Circumvention Goes Mainstream - Ramon Lobato & James Meese Turkey: Coping With Internet Censorship - Çigdem Bozdag Sweden: Circumvention and the Quest for Privacy - Chris Baumann Malaysia: Global Binge-Viewing in a Restrictive State - Sandra Hanchard Brazil: Netflix, VPNs and the ‘Paying’ Pirates - Vanessa Mendes Moreira de Sa Iran: A Friction between State Ideology and Network Society - Hadi Sohrabi & Behzad Dowran Cuba: Videos to the left – Circumvention Practices and Audiovisual Ecologies - Fidel A. Rodriguez The USA: Geoblocking in a Privileged Market - Evan Elkins Ramon Lobato Senior research fellow Swinburne Institute for Social Research | Department of Media and Communication Room EW121, Hawthorn campus, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne +61 3 9214 8637 rlobato@swin.edu.au http://www.sisr.net http://www.swinburne.edu.au/health-arts-design/staff-profiles/view.php?who=r...