Hollywood in the Information Age

Beyond the Silver Screen

Janet Wasko (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

1994
Polity Press (Verlag)
978-0-7456-0319-3 (ISBN)

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aeo This book is a major new assessment of the American movie industry in the 1990s. aeo The author considers Hollywood in its entirety -- home videos, cable tv and other communication technologies. She examines the impact of such technologies in areas such as distribution, production, exhibition, marketing and merchandising.

Janet Wasko is the author of many books and articles including, Movies and Money, The Political Economy of Information (editor with Vincent Mosco, University of Wisconsin Press, 1988) and Communications and Democracy (editor with Slavko Splichal, Ablex Publishing Corp., 1993).

1. Introduction: Hollywood and the Culture Industry. 2. The Way We Were: An Historical Look at Hollywood and Technology.

3. Film Production: In the Information Age.

4. The Big Boys: The Hollywood Majors.

5. The Wired Nation and the Electronic Super Highway: Cable Television, Pay Cable, Pay-Per-View and Beyond.

6. Talkin' 'Bout a Revolution: Home Video.

7. The Silver Screen: Theatrical Exhibition in the Information Age.

8. Hollywood Meets Madison Ave: The Commercialization of U. S. Films.

9. Around the World in Nanoseconds: International Markets for Filmed Entertainment.

10. Hooray for Hollywood: Moving into the 21st Century.

Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	27.8.1994
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	154 x 229 mm
Gewicht	482 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
	Wirtschaft
ISBN-10	0-7456-0319-X / 074560319X
ISBN-13	978-0-7456-0319-3 / 9780745603193
Zustand	Neuware