The unparalleled global distribution of books, television programs and other cultural products would seem to augur well for the diversity of ideas and creative expression. Yet ever more of this flow is concentrated in the hands of fewer giant corporations, significantly American controlled, whose agenda is not pluralism but profit.
Clearly written, impeccably researched and passionately argued, Blockbusters and Trade Wars focuses upon the market dynamics that drive ever-greater audiences to "blockbuster" films, TV programs, books and recording artists-at the expense of independent, alternative and increasingly necessary national voices.
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- Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-441) and index
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- 306
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
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- 9781926706795 9781553651086
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- HM621
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- G72 2005eb
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- 1 electronic text (454 p.)
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Table of Contents
- POPULAR CULTURE IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD 3
- CONTENTS 5
- PREFACE 7
- CO-AUTHORS 13
- NOTE 13
- VOICES 19
- DISTINCT 19
- CLUSTERS 31
- CREATIVE 31
- ECONOMICS 48
- CURIOUS 48
- HITS 67
- FLUKES 67
- WHY 67
- ARE 67
- BIG 86
- BEST 86
- WHY 86
- VISIONS 116
- GLOBAL 116
- NATIONALITY 145
- CULTURE 145
- THE 145
- BROADCASTING 174
- PUBLIC 174
- QUOTAS 201
- SCHEDULING 201
- RULES 226
- SPENDING 226
- OWNERSHIP 242
- NATIONAL 242
- POLICY 269
- COMPETITION 269
- SUBSIDIES 298
- TOOL KIT 321
- WORK 321
- THE 321
- TECHNOLOGY 335
- WARS 358
- TRADE 358
- DIRECTION 384
- A NEW 384
- ROOM 412
- GROW 412
- READINGS 427
- SOURCES FURTHER 427
- AND 427
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 448
- INDEX 450
- ABOUT 459
- AUTHORS 459
- THE 459
