Watching Watching: A Review of the New York Times' Digital Platform for TV Viewers. (July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Patterson, Eleanor
• Is Part Of: Television & new media. Volume 18:Number 5(2017)
• Page Start: 478
• Page End: 484
• Publication Date: 2017-07
• Subjects: The New York Times -- Watching -- peak TV -- digital enclosure -- convergence culture -- television criticism; Télévision -- Aspect social -- Périodiques; Télévision -- Aspect économique -- Périodiques; Médias -- Publics -- Périodiques; Civilisation -- Histoire -- Périodiques; Television broadcasting -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Digital media -- Periodicals; 302.234505
• DOI: 10.1177/1527476417704055
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1527-4764

Abstract

This review critically analyzes the New York Times ' ( NYT 's) digital platform for TV viewing, Watching (https://www.nytimes.com/watching ), and considers how the NYT is trying to use television criticism to produce a commodity audience in the era of peak TV.