Amanda D. Lotz is an American media scholar and professor known for her influential research on television, digital media, and the economics of the entertainment industry. She has authored several acclaimed books, including The Television Will Be Revolutionized, Portals: A Treatise on Internet-Distributed Television, and We Now Disrupt This Broadcast, which explore how technological and economic changes have reshaped media production and consumption. Lotz is a professor at Queensland University of Technology and a lead researcher at the Transforming Media Industries project. Her work is widely recognized for advancing critical understanding of the evolution of television and streaming in the digital age.