Cities and Cinema
Cities and Cinema

Author: Barbara Mennel

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2008-03-19

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 1134219830

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Films about cities abound. They provide fantasies for those who recognize their city and those for whom the city is a faraway dream or nightmare. How does cinema rework city planners’ hopes and city dwellers’ fears of modern urbanism? Can an analysis of city films answer some of the questions posed in urban studies? What kinds of vision for the future and images of the past do city films offer? What are the changes that city films have undergone? Cities and Cinema puts urban theory and cinema studies in dialogue. The book’s first section analyzes three important genres of city films that follow in historical sequence, each associated with a particular city, moving from the city film of the Weimar Republic to the film noir associated with Los Angeles and the image of Paris in the cinema of the French New Wave. The second section discusses socio-historical themes of urban studies, beginning with the relationship of film industries and individual cities, continuing with the portrayal of war torn and divided cities, and ending with the cinematic expression of utopia and dystopia in urban science fiction. The last section negotiates the question of identity and place in a global world, moving from the portrayal of ghettos and barrios to the city as a setting for gay and lesbian desire, to end with the representation of the global city in transnational cinematic practices. The book suggests that modernity links urbanism and cinema. It accounts for the significant changes that city film has undergone through processes of globalization, during which the city has developed from an icon in national cinema to a privileged site for transnational cinematic practices. It is a key text for students and researchers of film studies, urban studies and cultural studies.

Die digitale Mediamorphose und der Wandel der traditionellen Massenmedien aus Sicht der Medienökonomie
Die digitale Mediamorphose und der Wandel der traditionellen Massenmedien aus Sicht der Medienökonomie

Author: Paul Clemens Murschetz

Publisher: Springer Gabler

Published: 2019-10-14

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 9783658279646

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Paul Clemens Murschetz befasst sich mit ausgewählten Phänomenen der digitalen Transformation in der Medienbranche und stützt sich vor allem auf Erkenntnisse aus der Medienökonomie und der Medienmanagementforschung. Sein erkenntnisleitendes Interesse ist es, einen entscheidenden Beitrag zur Beantwortung der gegenwärtig stattfindenden Transformationsprozesse der am meisten entwickelten Mediengesellschaften vor dem Hintergrund der Problematiken der „digitalen Mediamorphose“ zu leisten und damit Einblick zu geben in die radikalen Veränderungen, die Mediensysteme in den letzten Jahren in westlichen Demokratien erfahren haben.

Communication for and Against Democracy
Communication for and Against Democracy

Author: Marc Raboy

Publisher:

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13:

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Addresses different aspects of the "communication question," bringing out the ways in which communication serves at times as an instrument of repression and domination, and at other times as a support for human emancipation. Essays written by international scholars and activists. "These essays do much to increase reader awareness of the "mediatization" of society."--"Choice"

High Performance Multimedia
High Performance Multimedia

Author: P.A. Bruck

Publisher: IOS Press

Published: 2008-07-23

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 160750331X

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The focus of High Performance Multimedia is on the ever expanding European e-content industry. Production, aggregation and distribution of that content are the starting points to any future development towards a flourishing industry sector of the third millennium. Nevertheless, in addition to the diffusion of knowledge throughout the industry, digitalisation has completely changed the structure of the content business through the dissociation of content and media channel. This movement creates problems in the process of the business. Highest technological demands in time and money are limiting the size of e-content enterprises today. In contrast, its distribution is still being dominated by broadcasters and telecom providers that skim the biggest part of the profits. However, possibilities do arise when analyzing the industry of e-content. The European e-content market will be able to play a major role in the future by including all relevant players and their abilities. The challenge during the next years will be to stop the concentration on high-end technology and to create new adequate e-content services providing added value to everyone in Europe.

E-Content
E-Content

Author: Peter A. Bruck

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2005-04-13

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9783540250937

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Technologies develop rapidly and reach hurricane levels of velocity but quality E-Content and innovative applications lag behind. This book addresses the question how content industries change within a digital environment and what role information and communication technologies play in transforming the competitive landscape. The authors argue that post-industrial societies tend to pay substantial amounts for equipment and gadgets but invest far too little in the quality of the content. As a result, much effort is and has to be spent on the enhancement of E-Content. The contributions give an elaborate overview of: - the specifics, challenges and prospects of content in the network economy; - market developments of digital media services; - paid content business models; - impacts on scientific publishing; - developments in the field of E-Learning; - the interplay between technology and content with the example of interactive digital TV; - the mobile games market; - emerging new cross media markets; - the need to enhance the usability of websites and mobile applications; - how digital applications might be used to capture and store our personal experiences. A final chapter shows the prospects of the European E-Content market and gives an overview of valuable initiatives and resources dealing with the topic of E-Content.

Media Management
Media Management

Author: Ann Hollifield

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-08-11

Total Pages: 439

ISBN-13: 1317458540

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Media Management: A Casebook Approach provides a detailed consideration of the manager’s role in today’s media organizations, highlighting critical skills and responsibilities. Using media-based cases that promote critical thinking and problem-solving, this text addresses topics of key concern to managers: diversity, group cultures, progressive discipline, training, and market-driven journalism, among others. The cases provide real-world scenarios to help students anticipate and prepare for experiences in their future careers. Accounting for major changes in the media landscape that have affected every media industry, this Fifth Edition actively engages these changes in both discussion and cases. The text considers the need for managers to constantly adapt, obtain quality information, and be entrepreneurial and flexible in the face of new situations and technologies that cannot be predicted and change rapidly in national and international settings. As a resource for students and young professionals working in media industries, Media Management offers essential insights and guidance for succeeding in contemporary media management roles.

The Palgrave Handbook of European Media Policy
The Palgrave Handbook of European Media Policy

Author: K. Donders

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-03-28

Total Pages: 819

ISBN-13: 1137032197

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Containing state-of-the-art contributions on the various domains of European media policies, this Handbook deals with theoretical approaches to European media policy: its historical development; specific policies for film, television, radio and the Internet; and international aspects of the fragmented policy domain.

Critical Political Economy of the Media
Critical Political Economy of the Media

Author: Jonathan Hardy

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-06-20

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 1136486496

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How the media are organised and funded is central to understanding their role in society. Critical Political Economy of the Media provides a clear, comprehensive and insightful introduction to the political economic analysis of contemporary media. Jonathan Hardy undertakes a critical survey of political economy scholarship encompassing worldwide literature, issues and debates, and relationships with other academic approaches. He assesses different ways of making sense of media convergence and digitalisation, media power and influence, and transformations across communication markets. Many of the problems of the media that prompted critical political economy research remain salient, he argues, but the approach must continue to adapt to new conditions and challenges. Hardy advances the case for a revitalised critical media studies for the 21st century. Topics covered include: media ownership and financing news and entertainment convergence and the Internet media globalisation advertising and media alternative media media policy and regulation Introducing key concepts and research, this book explains how political economy can assist students, researchers and citizens to investigate and address vital questions about the media today.