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Platforms and the Moving Image offers a multifaceted look at how digital platforms shape and are shaped by economic, cultural, and political forces. The collection examines the effects of gaming, social media, streaming and videosharing platforms on the production, circulation, and consumption of moving images. Through diverse methodologies-archival research, social media ethnography, and textual analysis-the essays investigate the global movements of film and video formats, the platformization of cultural industries, and the evolving nature of media consumption. The volume emphasizes the importance of considering digital labor, media infrastructures, and user practices in understanding platforms' role in contemporary society. The collection is a collaboration of the DFG Graduate Research Program ""Configurations of Film,"" the Concordia University's Platform Lab, and the Digital Cinema-Hub (DiCi-Hub).

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Philipp Dominik Keidl is Assistant Professor of Screen Media in Transition at Utrecht University. His research focuses on media fandom, film heritage, and queer cinema. He is the coordinator of MI3: Media Industries, Infrastructures, and Institutions (Utrecht University) and a member of the Platform Lab (Concordia University). Jana Zündel is a postdoctoral fellow in the Graduate Research Training Program ""Configurations of Film"" at Goethe University Frankfurt. Her research focuses on moving images in meme studies, digital media culture(s), television studies and seriality. She holds an MA and a PhD in Media Studies from the University of Bonn. Her dissertation examined television and serial paratexts, i.e. title sequences, recaps and outros, as indicators of media cultural change. It was published in 2022 under the title ""Fernsehserien im medienkulturellen Wandel"". Jana Zündel is a member of the editorial board for the journal Montage AV and spokesperson for the work group ""Television"" (German Society for Media Studies, GfM).

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