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This comparative study of flagship programs on the first German network (ARD/Das Erste) and the streaming giant Netflix analyses how and why their scripted shows, e.g. Tatort (ARD, 1970-), Dark (Netflix 2017-), Dogs of Berlin (Netflix, 2018-), and Perfume (Netflix, 2018-) resort to particular audio-visual and narrative formats in their different mediascapes, how these formats define, interrogate and represent the regional, national, and global, and, in turn, how these representations intersect with Germany’s history and present, its changing understanding of itself as a society, a culture and a nation.
