It is official. I have discovered Netflix. Working closely with 2 twenty-something techies provided me an opportunity to learn about a whole new world: binge television. Breaking Bad, Weeds, Walking Dead, House of Cards.....each of these shows contain characters who have infiltrated my life through our consecutive episode marathons. For those of you unfamiliar with Netflix Binges, you can log onto NETFLIX and watch entire series. Probably, if I had run across one episode of any of these shows, I would have glanced at it for a moment and then continued clicking....however, there is something to be said for being able to watch the first episode and continue immediately into the next moments of these characters lives. It is easy to develop an emotional attachment to the world they live in. We care more because the characters become a part of our daily routine. When we are given unlimited access to an entire series, We become addicted —and cannot help but consume the story as fast as possible....even to the point we start to feel a sense of loss as the end looms closer. With the ascension of video streaming platforms like Netflix, are we looking at a change in the entertainment world we have come to know? Netflix has already created 2 series which have never been on television. The entire series was filmed and "dumped" onto Netflix simeltaneously. the immediacy factor we have come to expect in so many other aspects of our life is making int way into our television watching as well.
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