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Amanda Lotz

Reimaginer of media industries and society in digital age Prof@QUT, ex UMich | Strategy consultant | US expat | Fan of swimming, baked goods & nature | drtvlotz@gmail | amandalotz.com | LinkedIn

New Technology Offers Public Media New Opportunities: A Conversation with Tamar Charney

Ep 38 Public Media and New Technology with Tamar Charney0:00/0:001× In this episode, Tamar Charney, Managing Editor of National Public Radio's NPR One App talks with us about the technological opportunities available to public media. We learn a lot about how the app is expanding

News of Note--Global Internet Television Consortium

Not exactly a legitimate blog entry--but an announcement and redirection. For the last year, Ramon Lobato and I have been developing the Global Internet Television Consortium. The GITV Consortium collects media scholars from around the globe to develop and share research about the various forms internet-distributed television is

Challenges and Opportunities of NPR's Podcast Innovations--A Conversation with Lynette Clemetson

Ep 37 Challenges and Opportunities of NPR's Podcast Innovations0:00/0:001× Lynette Clemetson starts off our look at U.S. public media in the digital age with a rich discussion of how NPR took advantage of journalists forced out of print, developed podcasts, and found new ways

Public Media: What Is It, Why Do We Need It?

Ep 36 Public Media: What is It, Why Do We Need It?0:00/0:001× This episode launches a multi-episode consideration of public media--media that are not media businesses, but a vital part of our media ecosystem nonetheless. In this opening episode, Amanda and Alex explore what

Why the Summer Box Office Matters Less than You Think

Ep 35 Why the Summer Box Office Matters Less Than You Think0:00/0:001× Amanda and Alex take on the annual rite of end of summer doom and gloom stories about the box office to explore whether the domestic box office is a meaningful measure of anything for different

Beyond Quality TV: The Medium Throughout the World

This summer, the editors of L'Atalante invited me to join a conversation about television. The conversation is published in Spanish, but here are my responses in English. If you read Spanish, check out the original for insights on these questions from scholars in France, Spain, Columbia, and New

Global Dynamics of Digital Media

Ep 34 Global Dynamics of Digital Media0:00/0:001× Amanda and Alex explore some of the many ways digital distribution is leading media industries to adjust their global strategies. In particular, we discuss the emergence of services such as Netflix (of course) that are redefining the previously national boundaries