Conglomerate Rock
The Music Industry's Quest to Divide Music and Conquer Wallets
Seiten
2007
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-1500-8 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-1500-8 (ISBN)
Argues that while it is becoming easier to see and hear artists from a handful of transnational corporations, access to music is becoming more dispersed, expensive, and difficult to acquire. This work reveals that the music industry is creating a fresh distribution infrastructure by such as: subscription services, hardware, and audio DVDs.
Conglomerate Rock examines how the music industry is creating a new distribution infrastructure by dividing access to exclusive releases through different subscription services, hardware, and new media like audio DVDs in order to maximize profits. Author David J. Park argues that while these changes make it easier to see and hear artists from a handful of transnational corporations in commercial culture, access to music is becoming more dispersed, expensive and difficult to acquire. In addition, music and performers are increasingly being cross-promoted in films, television shows, commercials and other media owned by the Big 4 corporations. Conglomerate Rock critically analyzes these and other trends in order to provoke public discussion concerning the interaction between industry practice and music consumption. The present strategies employed by the industry will have long-term effects on the way consumers experience and access music, as well as how culture is viewed and portrayed in the United States and throughout the world.
Conglomerate Rock examines how the music industry is creating a new distribution infrastructure by dividing access to exclusive releases through different subscription services, hardware, and new media like audio DVDs in order to maximize profits. Author David J. Park argues that while these changes make it easier to see and hear artists from a handful of transnational corporations in commercial culture, access to music is becoming more dispersed, expensive and difficult to acquire. In addition, music and performers are increasingly being cross-promoted in films, television shows, commercials and other media owned by the Big 4 corporations. Conglomerate Rock critically analyzes these and other trends in order to provoke public discussion concerning the interaction between industry practice and music consumption. The present strategies employed by the industry will have long-term effects on the way consumers experience and access music, as well as how culture is viewed and portrayed in the United States and throughout the world.
David J. Park is assistant professor in the Department of Advertising and Public Relations at Florida International University (FIU). He teaches in the graduate program at FIU’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Chapter 1 Music Industry in Transition Chapter 2 Theoretical Perspectives on Technology and Methodology Chapter 3 Description of the Music Industry Chapter 4 Conglomeration and Hyper-Commercialism Chapter 5 Conglomeration, Hardware, and Repeat Sales Chapter 6 File Sharing and Industry Sales Chapter 7 Towards a "Secure" Digital Future Chapter 8 The Race to Online Distribution Chapter 9 Wireless Gold Rush Chapter 10 Conclusion
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 10.5.2007 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 162 x 243 mm |
| Gewicht | 372 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7391-1500-6 / 0739115006 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7391-1500-8 / 9780739115008 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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