Fernsehserien im medienkulturellen Wandel

Jana Zündel examines the transformation process of television in her dissertation, focusing on TV and streaming series as well as their paratexts (recaps, opening credits, and end credits). By analyzing the differentiation of series in the age of pay-TV, DVD box sets, and video-on-demand, she describes the economic and institutional diversification of the medium as a whole. The study enriches the current state of research on television and streaming through its perspective and methodology. It not only questions whether series circulating on platforms like Netflix can still be considered television, but also illustrates how television is undergoing a fundamental change due to its altered usage forms, resulting in a hybrid medium for which we need a new term.