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Colin Crawford
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