Digital Media Distribution : : Portals, Platforms, Pipelines / / ed. by Courtney Brannon Donoghue, Paul McDonald, Timothy Havens.

A deep dive into the new era of digital content production and distributionIn the twenty-first century, the platforms that both create and host content have become nearly as important as media itself. Companies such as Netflix, Spotify, and YouTube have attained a massive hold on the public imaginat...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Critical Cultural Communication
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Introduction: Media Distribution Today
  • Contributors
  • Section 1: Conceptualizing Distribution and Circulation
  • 1. Points of Origin: Asking Questions in Distribution Research
  • 2. Media Circulation: Reconceptualizing Television Distribution and Exhibition
  • 3. Reassessing the “Space in Between”: Distribution Studies in Transition
  • 4. Disingenuous Intermediaries: The Gatekeeping Power of Distributors and Publishers
  • 5. The Circulation Game: Shifting Production Logics and Circulation Moments in the Digital Games Industry
  • 6. Questioning the Content Supply Model: A Provocation
  • Section 2: Distribution Ecosystems and Cultures
  • 7. “Tech- Tonic” Shifts: The U.S. and China Models of Online Screen Distribution
  • 8. Language, Culture, and Streaming Video in India: The Pragmatics and Politics of Media Distribution
  • 9. “Sorry about That”: Hopes and Promises of Geoblocking’s End
  • 10. Global TV Markets and Digital Distribution
  • 11. Children’s Television in an Era of Digital Distribution: Arab and European Responses
  • 12. Distribution, Infrastructure, and Markets: SVOD Services in Latin America
  • 13. VOD: Formal Challengers for Nollywood’s Informal Domestic Market
  • 14. The King Is Dead, Long Live the Algorithm: MindGeek and the Digital Distribution of Adult Film
  • 15. Amazon and Automated Recommendations: Distribution and Discovery in the Book Trade
  • 16. Free, Bundled, or Personalized? Rethinking Price and Value in Digital Distribution
  • 17. “Every Day Should Be a Holiday”: Black Friday and the Importance of Retail in the Circulation of Media
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contributors
  • Index