Simon Hewitt

Word-of-Mouth in Contemporary Hollywood

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Word-of-Mouth in Contemporary Hollywood provides a unique insight into the potential for online communication to enable audiences to exert a greater impact on film industrial practices than ever before. In an overarching analysis of contemporary Hollywood film financing, marketing, distribution, and exhibition practices, Simon Hewitt recontextualises word-of-mouth in light of social media and examines the growing impact of audience participation. Using a 'Bourdieuconomic' approach, he applies qualitative research methods to better understand the contemporary Hollywood film audience, the contemporary Hollywood film industry, and the mechanisms that connect the two. The book explores new film financing mechanisms that incorporate fans into the packages used to secure production funds. It assesses the role of 'Grassroots Intermediaries' in contemporary film marketing campaigns. It critiques 'democratic' crowdsourced methods of film distribution, and finally, it considers the possible future of Hollywood film exhibition. By helping to bridge the gap between the gift economy and commodity culture, this book will appeal to students and scholars of media industry studies, media finance and economics, fan and audience studies, film studies, film history, and media marketing.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 516g
• ISBN-13: 9781032353043
• ISBN-10: 103235304X
• Artikelnr.: 67826378

Autorenporträt

Simon Hewitt is a lecturer at Coventry University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: What is Word
of
Mouth? 1. Word
of
Mouth and Bourdieu
economics 2. The Package
Unit
Fan System of Hollywood Film Financing 3. Grassroots Intermediaries and Contemporary Hollywood Film Marketing 4. Crowdsourced Cinema and the 'New' World of Hollywood Film Distribution 5. Please Turn Your Phones On: The Future of Hollywood Film Exhibition Conclusion: The Gift Economy, Commodity Culture, and Word
of
Mouth