Abstract

ABSTRACT With Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Disney+, many television users have adopted video on Demand (VOD) within a few years. What is better known as streaming TV today has no fixed program schedule and contains virtually no political information. Does that affect our concept of what role television plays? In a standardized survey, we compared streaming and linear television users. We found structural differences in viewing motivation and consumption of information. However, we did not find television losing its role as an information medium. We conclude that streaming television is no revolution but suits television into the 21st century.

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