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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

Why 'After Mass Media'?

Reposted from Linked In April 17, 2025 After Mass Media: Storytelling for Microaudiences in the Twenty-first Century explores how the changes in the business of television over the last 30 years tie to changes in the content made. The book expands on 40+ years of academic conversations about the role

Media Industries in the Digital Age Preface

Media Industries in the Digital Age Preface

This preface (Media Industries in the Digital Age) is intended for prior readers of our book Understanding Media Industries who are wondering how this book compares. For readers unfamiliar with that volume, we recommend that you skip this preface and start reading with the Introduction. At a 2003 press conference

Streaming and Moving Beyond the US: Lotz Research Agenda, 2018–2024

In my mind, I’ve completed a journey. The coming publication of After Mass Media: Storytelling for Microaudiences in the 21st Century is the long-intended outcome of exploring industry change that began with The Television Will Be Revolutionized (2007). After Mass Media is the ‘so what’ to a lot of

We Need to Talk About Trade Press

Trade press, and even plain press coverage of the industries we study has long provided crucial information. Of course they have always required critical reading, but the demise of general journalism has hit the trade space. Actual journalism from sources without paywalls has become rare. I find a lot increasingly

2019 Media Business Matters Recap

2019 Media Business Matters Recap0:00/01× The self-isolation of early 2020 inspired Alex and me to sort out the time zones and revisit what had happened since our last edition. Recorded in mid April 2020, here are some thoughts on what happened in media industries in 2019. We mostly

Netflix as a multinational SVOD: Some charts and explanation

First, some things that I could regularly reply tweet, but don’t because I’d be really annoying: Not all video services (internet distributed or otherwise) are directly competing. We need some better words for describing related services that are more complementary than substitutable. An analogy: not all forms of

2018 Media Business Year in Review, Part II

Ep 60 2018 Media Business Year in Review, Part II0:00/01× Amanda and Alex finish the year in review wrap up with a look back at a few more industries and a look forward at the issues to watch in 2019. We close with our “favorites” of 2018 and