Digital media distribution : portals, platforms, pipelines / edited by Paul McDonald, Courtney Brannon Donoghue, and Timothy Havens.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McDonald, Paul, 1963- editor.

Brannon Donoghue, Courtney, editor.

Havens, Timothy, editor.

Series:

Critical cultural communication.

Critical cultural communication

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Management.

Mass media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 377 pages) : illustrations (black and white).

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : New York University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"This book examines the current state of global media distribution today, including legacy and born-digital media industries, and the social, cultural, and economic impact of the digital distribution ecosystem"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Figures

Introduction: Media Distribution Today

Contributors

Section 1: Conceptualizing Distribution and Circulation

1. Points of Origin: Asking Questions in Distribution Research

2. Media Circulation: Reconceptualizing Television Distribution and Exhibition

3. Reassessing the “Space in Between”: Distribution Studies in Transition

4. Disingenuous Intermediaries: The Gatekeeping Power of Distributors and Publishers

5. The Circulation Game: Shifting Production Logics and Circulation Moments in the Digital Games Industry

6. Questioning the Content Supply Model: A Provocation

Section 2: Distribution Ecosystems and Cultures

7. “Tech- Tonic” Shifts: The U.S. and China Models of Online Screen Distribution

8. Language, Culture, and Streaming Video in India: The Pragmatics and Politics of Media Distribution

9. “Sorry about That”: Hopes and Promises of Geoblocking’s End

10. Global TV Markets and Digital Distribution

11. Children’s Television in an Era of Digital Distribution: Arab and European Responses

12. Distribution, Infrastructure, and Markets: SVOD Services in Latin America

13. VOD: Formal Challengers for Nollywood’s Informal Domestic Market

14. The King Is Dead, Long Live the Algorithm: MindGeek and the Digital Distribution of Adult Film

15. Amazon and Automated Recommendations: Distribution and Discovery in the Book Trade

16. Free, Bundled, or Personalized? Rethinking Price and Value in Digital Distribution

17. “Every Day Should Be a Holiday”: Black Friday and the Importance of Retail in the Circulation of Media

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4798-0681-1

OCLC:

1257077515