Conglomerate Rock

The Music Industry's Quest to Divide Music and Conquer Wallets

David J. Park (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

160 Seiten

2009
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-1501-5 (ISBN)

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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 FIUOs 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	1.9.2009
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	154 x 232 mm
Gewicht	245 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
ISBN-10	0-7391-1501-4 / 0739115014
ISBN-13	978-0-7391-1501-5 / 9780739115015
Zustand	Neuware