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Introduction: best photo ever -- From TGIF to #TGIT: simulated liveness and flow in Shondaland -- Immerse yourself deeper: building AMC's multi-screen storyworld -- Rewarding viewing: check-ins and social productivity -- "Great shows, thanks to YOU": fansourcing and legitimization in Amazon's pilot season -- "It's what connects us": HBO and platform authenticity on Twitter -- Conclusion: everyday ephemeral content.

The next stage of social TV is here. Drawing on promotional discourses, I argue that Facebook and Twitter's shift from distributors of television network programming to their own original content is a natural extension of industry practice, but not a particularly meaningful development for fan participation and engagement.

"In 2016, Netflix expanded its online streaming video service to 130 new countries, adding more than 12 million subscribers in nine months and bringing its total to 87 million. In this collection of new essays, contributors explore how Netflix has become a cultural institution and transformed the way we consume popular media"--

Popular culture surrounds us: It is the products we consume, the movies we watch, the music we listen to, and the books we read. It is on our televisions, our phones, and our computers. Popular Culture in the Twenty-First Century engages with these texts and offers a diverse selection of contemporary scholarship from a wide variety of perspectives. These essays, adapted from presentations at the first annual Ray Browne Conference on Popular Culture held at Bowling Green State University in 20