C 2016

Online Piracy and the Transformation of the Audiences’ Practices: The Case of the Czech Republic

MACEK, Jakub a Pavel ZAHRÁDKA

Základní údaje

Originální název

Online Piracy and the Transformation of the Audiences’ Practices: The Case of the Czech Republic

Autoři

MACEK, Jakub (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí) a Pavel ZAHRÁDKA (203 Česká republika)

Vydání

London, The Aesthetics and Ethics of Copying, od s. 335-358, 24 s. 2016

Nakladatel

Bloomsbury Publishing

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Obor

50800 5.8 Media and communications

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Forma vydání

tištěná verze "print"

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14230/16:00088103

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

ISBN

978-1-4742-5451-9

UT WoS

000389635000019

Klíčová slova anglicky

media audiences; post-tv practices; online content; online piracy; content curation; ethics

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 15. 2. 2019 11:02, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Anotace

V originále

This empirical-research-based chapter focuses on the Czech post-TV audiences and their uses of alternative and non-authorized online sources of films and TV series. The chapter draws on descriptive data from a representative survey of the Czech population (2014) and on two distinct qualitative inquiries into the everyday practices of Czech audiences (2012-2015). In the text we reconstruct the general picture of the post-TV practices related to the consumption of "pirated" content and we map the audiences' motivations for such practices as well as the audiences' ethical reflexivity regarding the phenomenon. At the same time, we focus on the ways that members of the post-TV audiences choose particular technological interfaces and sources of content as well as the particular content they consume. In this regard, we identify three major distinct modes of content choice: expert curation, social curation and data-consultation curation. The survey data plausibly show that post-TV audiences significantly differ in these practices from the audiences relying on reception from TV broadcasting. Theoretically we address the topic drawing on Anthony Giddens' theory of structuration: we employ the structuration model of media, a theoretical model applying Giddens' notion of social agency on media-related practices and emphasising the position of media-related practices within the contexts of everyday life. In this regard, we avoid both media-centric and normative approach to the topic. Instead, we employ the context-oriented approach taking into the account the fact that the reception of content from illegal online sources is part of a broader set of practices and that it is subordinated to particular moral economies. Our conclusion is that the post-TV audience could hardly be seen as "pirates" or immoral pragmatists on the one hand, or, on the other, as highly reflexive and empowered actors intentionally challenging the media industries. Instead, our respondents could be seen as common viewers aiming to "reasonably" fulfil their textual needs - viewers that are mostly aware of their possible conflict with the Czech legal regulation but that are, regarding Czech specifics of online content distribution, conceiving their practices as ethically more or less non-problematic.

Návaznosti

GP13-15684P, projekt VaV
Název: Nová a stará média v každodenním životě: mediální publika v čase proměny mediálních praxí
Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Nová a stará média v každodenním životě: mediální publika v čase proměny mediálních praxí