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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792309503321

Autore

Baltruschat Doris.

Titolo

Global media ecologies : networked production in film and television / / by Doris Baltruschat

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-96617-X

1-136-96618-8

1-282-65972-3

9786612659720

0-203-85098-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in internationalizing media studies ; ; 6

Disciplina

302.23/43

Soggetti

Television and globalization

Television broadcasting - International cooperation

Television broadcasting - Economic aspects

Mass media policy

Mass media and globalization

Mass media and culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables, Figures and Maps; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction and Overview; 1 International Film and TV Coproduction under Review; 2 Activating Codes and Conventions in Co-produced Docudramas; 3 Media Ecologies in Format Franchising; 4 Formats and Reality TV: The Case of the Idol Franchise; 5 Auditioning for Idol; 6 'Content as Currency': New Alliances between Media and Cultural Agents; 7 Summary and Conclusion; Appendix: International Format Production and Distribution Companies; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this study, Baltruschat calls attention to dramatic changes in worldwide media production. Her work provides new insights into industry re-organization, digital media, and audience interactivity as pivotal relationships are redrawn along the entire value chain of



production, distribution, and consumption. Based on an international study, she details how cultural agents now negotiate a media landscape through collaborative ventures, co-productions and format franchising. These varied collaborations define the new global media economy and affect a shift across the entire field of cultural