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Hollywood in the Information Age: Beyond the Silver Screen

Hollywood in the Information Age: Beyond the Silver Screen

by JanetWasko (Author)

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    Paperback 1994

    $25.31
Synopsis

This is a major new assessment of the American movie industry in the 1990a s, focusing on the development of new communication technologies such as cable and home video and examining their impact on the production and distribution of motion pictures.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 320
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Polity
Published: 27 Aug 1994
ISBN 10: 074560319X
ISBN 13: 9780745603193

Media Reviews
a This book is a timely contribution to the debate on the Information Super Highway and the globalization of media markets. Full of up--to--date information, it is essential reading for all those studying current developments in the media.a Nicholas Garnham, University of Westminster a Looking for a rudder to steer through the shifting currents of moviedom in the information age? Waskoa s ... treatise may be just the thing.a Box Office a Wasko provides a full analysis of the major ways the Hollywood movie business is maintaining its monopoly on film making. This is an important look at the lucrative business of big movie making. Recommended.a The Readera s Review
Author Bio
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).