Tanner Mirrlees

Global Entertainment Media

Between Cultural Imperialism and Cultural Globalization

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A critical cultural materialist introduction to the study of global entertainment media. In Global Entertainment Media, Tanner Mirrlees undertakes an analysis of the ownership, production, distribution, marketing, exhibition and consumption of global films and television, with an eye to critical political economy and cultural studies. Among other topics, Mirrlees examines: Paradigms of global entertainment media such as cultural imperialism and cultural globalization The workings of the culture/creative industries and the global political economy of entertainment media State and interstate media policies and regulations that govern the production and consumption of entertainment, enabling and limiting crossborder entertainment flows The production of entertainment by media capitals within a new international division of cultural labor (NICL) Textual features of globally popular entertainment forms such as blockbuster event films, TV formats, glocalized lifestyle brands and synergistic media Crosscultural reception of entertainment by viewers This book provides a conceptually rich, comprehensive, uptodate survey of the globalization of entertainment media and the leading critical scholarship surrounding it.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 253mm x 177mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 571g
• ISBN-13: 9780415519823
• ISBN-10: 0415519829
• Artikelnr.: 35528959

Autorenporträt

Tanner Mirrlees is an Assistant Professor in the Communication Program at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Globalization and Global Entertainment. 1. Paradigms in
Global Entertainment Media Studies. 2. Capitalizing on Global Entertainment
Media. 3. Governing Global Entertainment Media: The State, Media Policy and
Regulation. 4. Producing Entertainment in the New International Division of
Cultural Labour (NICL). 5. Designing Global Entertainment Media:
Blockbuster Films, TV Formats and Lifestyle Brands. 6. Global Entertainment
Media, Local Audiences. Conclusion: Global Media Studies Between Cultural
Imperialism and Cultural Globalization