娯楽と社会<br>Entertainment & Society : Audiences, Trends, and Impacts

娯楽と社会
Entertainment & Society : Audiences, Trends, and Impacts

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  • 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版/ページ数 440 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780761925484
  • DDC分類 306.484

基本説明

An overview of the entertainment industry including entertainment economics, theories of entertainment, entertainment research, and types of entertainment.

Full Description


Providing an overview of the entertainment industry including entertainment economics, theories of entertainment, entertainment research, and types of entertainment including media (chat room, cybersex), sports, gaming, theme entertainment (malls and restaurant experiences, shopping), travel and tourism, live performance, and television and film. The book ends with a chapter on 'future-tainment' including health & fitness, religion, and technology.

Contents

Introduction / That's Entertainment! / The Business of Entertainment / Look Who's Watching: Understanding Entertainment Audiences / Theatrical Foundations: Drama Is Queen / The Devil Made Me Do It: Entertainment Effects / Power of the Press: Print and the Publishing Industry / And the Beat Goes On: The Rapidly Changing World of Music and Radio / Two Thumbs Up: What's at the Movies? / Talking Pictures: The Power of Television Images / The Sound of One Hand Clapping: Performing Arts Live / Challenge and Chance: Gaming and Gambling / Sports Mania / Seeing the World: Tourism and Travel / Themed Environments as Fabulous Fakes / The Ecstasy of Communication: Postmodern Entertainment / Future-tainment