{"id":1397,"date":"2020-11-13T11:19:07","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T11:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/?p=1397"},"modified":"2021-01-08T16:27:48","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T16:27:48","slug":"page-breaks-mainstream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/2020\/11\/13\/page-breaks-mainstream\/","title":{"rendered":"Page Breaks: Streaming and the Mainstream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1399 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2020\/11\/streaming2-300x258.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2020\/11\/streaming2-300x258.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2020\/11\/streaming2.jpg 636w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">On Wed 18 Nov we&#8217;ll consider the pleasures and problems of pop culture in an era of streaming and digital on-demand. Our text for this week is Simon Reynolds&#8217;s 2019 article &#8220;Streaming has killed the mainstream: the decade that broke popular culture&#8221;. See you there!<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><!--more--><\/p>\r\n<blockquote>&#8221; There is always something new to watch, after all: an endless, relentless wave of pleasures lined up in the infinite Netflix queue.&#8221; (Simon Reynolds)<\/blockquote>\r\n<h3>Text (Reading)<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Simon Reynolds, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/culture\/2019\/dec\/28\/overload-ambush-and-isolation-the-decade-that-warped-popular-culture-simon-reynolds\">&#8220;Streaming has killed the mainstream: the decade that broke popular culture&#8221;<\/a> (2019)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>Time and Place<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Wed 18 November, 1 pm<\/li>\r\n<li>Zoom: <a href=\"https:\/\/bham-ac-uk.zoom.us\/j\/95106481660?pwd=QXd6cDRLdDMrbG0zaDhYRUxJQzBVdz09\">Link<\/a>\u00a0(Password: pagebreaks)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Looking forward to seeing you all again soon! This event is run by Dorothy Butchard and Toria Johnson (d.butchard@bham.ac.uk and t.johnson@bham.ac.uk). Please email us if you have any questions, but you&#8217;re welcome to just turn up.<\/p>\r\n<h3><strong>About Page Breaks<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<h2><\/h2>\r\n<p>This is an informal weekly reading group within the Department of English Literature. 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