Streaming in the Time of the Plague: Covid-19, Prosthetic Sociality and Comfort TV
Published online on July 19, 2026
Abstract
Television & New Media, Ahead of Print.
Amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, streaming television subscriptions and media consumption surged at an unprecedented scale in the U.S. While audiences turned to streaming TV to cope with the lockdown, streaming platforms experimented with content delivery ...
Amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, streaming television subscriptions and media consumption surged at an unprecedented scale in the U.S. While audiences turned to streaming TV to cope with the lockdown, streaming platforms experimented with content delivery ...