Switching Screens: An Examination of How House of Cards and Scandal Represent Shifting Strategies in Television
Both House of Cards and Scandal have similar conceits (White House? Check. Sex? Check. Murder? Check.) but use different platforms: House of Cards is a Netflix Original production while Scandal is a broadcast television program on ABC. Through the course of this paper, I will examine how the platfor...
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Scholarship @ Claremont
2015
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| Online Access: | http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/553 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1570&context=scripps_theses |
| Summary: | Both House of Cards and Scandal have similar conceits (White House? Check. Sex? Check. Murder? Check.) but use different platforms: House of Cards is a Netflix Original production while Scandal is a broadcast television program on ABC. Through the course of this paper, I will examine how the platform and type of consumption affects the content and distribution of the show and the types of relationships they forge with their viewers. |
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