Cory Barker

Cory Barker is assistant teaching professor in the Bellisario College of Communications at Penn State University. Before Penn State, he was a tenured faculty member in the Department of Communication at Bradley University. Barker’s research focuses on media industry convergences, particularly legacy media institutions’ use of “new” technology in production, promotion, and distribution strategies. He is coeditor of The Age of Netflix: Critical Essays on Streaming Media, Digital Delivery, and Instant Access and has published articles in Television and New Media, Women’s Studies in Communication, and New Review of Film and Television Studies, among others. His work on Social TV, streaming media, and branding has appeared in publications such as The A.V. Club, Complex, TV Guide, TV.com, and Vox. He also writes TV Plus, a free newsletter about television.