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Netflix’s big bet on foreign content and international viewers could upend the global mediascape – and change how people see the world

  • Written by Paolo Sigismondi, Clinical Professor of Communication, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Netflix’s big bet on foreign content and international viewers could upend the global mediascape – and change how people see the worldTV and movies are one way we understand people and places we've never had direct contact with – and maybe never will.iStock / Getty Images Plus

As a kid growing up in Italy, I remember watching the American TV series “Happy Days,” which chronicled the 1950s-era Midwestern adventures of the Fonz, Richie Cunningham and other...

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