Student profile

Colin Crawford

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Colin Crawford is a PhD student at Concordia University whose research examines the emergent discourses and political economies of platform television and smart technologies. His work pays particular attention to the relationship between datafication and financialization in media industries, infrastructures, and cultures, and his current dissertation project is looking at the historical evolution of the relationships between personal computing, consumer electronics, and television through the case of Apple. He is the author of the book Netflix’s Speculative Fictions: Financializing Platform Television, published in January 2021 by Rowman & Littlefield

SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral
Concordia University Graduate Doctoral Fellowship
Concordia University Conference and Exposition Award
Concordia University Cinema Advisory Board Award
SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Masters
Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema Hitting the High Notes Fellow
Concordia Faculty of Fine Arts Fellow

Supervisor: Dr. Marc Steinberg

Research Interests:

Media Industries

Internet Television

Financialization

Political Economy

Platform Studies

Smart Technology

TAships:

SOCI 221 Digital Culture, Instructor Dr. Orit Halpern

FMST 398 Noir without Borders, Instructor Dr. Troy Bordun

FMST 204 Approaches to Film Studies, Instructor Dr. Irene Rozsa

FMST 212: Film Aesthetics, Instructors: Dr. Maria Corrigan & Dr. John Locke

Selected publications:

Netflix’s Speculative Fictions: Financializing Platform Television. 2021. Lexington Books, Rowman & Littlefield

WeChat (2022) in Super Apps, a Platform Lab Report. The Platform Lab, Concordia University

Netflix Anime (2022) Co-authored with Elena Altheman in Anime Streaming Platform Wars: A Platform Lab Report. The Platform Lab, Concordia University

Fictitious Capital: Netflix and the New Narratives of Media Value in Platform Capitalism. Intersections & Cross-sections Conference Proceedings. Ryerson & York Universities, Toronto, Canada

Tech Eschews. (2019) Issues Magazine, 5th edition. Toronto, Canada.

Website: Netflix's Speculative Fictions: Financializing Platform Television

Email: colinjmcrawford@gmail.com