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Mermaids and Bin Chickens: Australian Teenagers’ Engagement With Screen Stories In The On-Demand Age
Media International Australia, Vol.193(1), pp.33-47
2024
Abstract
Australian teenagers have grown up with abundant choices in digital screen entertainment including social media, gaming, and global streaming video services such as Netflix. This participatory audience study investigates how, why and to what extent Australian teenagers engage with drama and movies in their daily lives, including Australian stories. The research findings show that Australian teens enjoy watching long-form screen stories on their favourite streaming services and that on-demand delivery is critical to their viewing preferences. Although many remember with affection the Australian drama they watched as children, teens now place a low priority on a screen story being Australian. A sophisticated audience that particularly values diverse and inclusive representation, teens’ deprioritising of Australian content – and linear television – has profound implications for policy, for Australian screen production and for public service broadcasters the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the Special Broadcasting Service.
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- Title
- Mermaids and Bin Chickens: Australian Teenagers’ Engagement With Screen Stories In The On-Demand Age
- Authors
- Anna Potter (Corresponding Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyClare Archer-Lean - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Business and Creative IndustriesPhoebe Macrossan - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Business and Creative IndustriesHarriot Beazley - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and Society
- Publication details
- Media International Australia, Vol.193(1), pp.33-47
- Publisher
- Sage Publications Ltd.
- Date published
- 2024
- DOI
- 10.1177/1329878X241254234
- ISSN
- 2200-467X; 1329-878X
- Copyright note
- © The Author(s) 2024. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
- Organisation Unit
- School of Business and Creative Industries; Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; School of Law and Society; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991017498802621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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