'Binge-watching' has become an umbrella term for a number of analytical
questions in contemporary television studies, serving to describe the
structure, marketing and publication model of Netflix and other
streaming platforms.
Because the term describes a range of different ideas linked to
streaming television programming, research on binge-watching can bring
together a number of different and related questions. This edited
collection explores binge-watching and its role in contemporary
television from the perspectives of fan studies, audience research,
transnational television studies and narratology. This breadth of scope
makes it possible to explore a broad variety of meanings and functions
of the term and concept in contemporary television studies.