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The Informal Media Economy

By Julian Thomas , Ramon Lobato

Book information

Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Year
2015
ISBN
0745694853, 0745690416, 0745670326, 0745670318, 9780745694856, 9780745690414, 9780745670324, 9780745670317
LCC
P96.T42 L63 2015
Google Books ID
a6kEoQEACAAJ
Open Library ID
OL31045950M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (13287139 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
228\228
Library
archive.org
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2025-02-13 02:43:31

Description

How are “grey market” imports changing media industries? What is the role of piracy in developing new markets for movies and TV shows? How do jailbroken iPhones drive innovation? The Informal Media Economy provides a vivid, original, and genuinely transnational account of contemporary media, by showing how the interactions between formal and informal media systems are a feature of all nations – rich and poor, large and small. Shifting the focus away from the formal businesses and public enterprises that have long occupied media researchers, this book charts a parallel world of cultural intermediaries driving global media production and circulation. It shows how unlicensed, untaxed, or unregulated networks, which operate across the boundaries of established media markets, have been a driving force of media industry transformation. The book opens up new insights on a range of topical issues in media studies, from the creative disruptions of digitisation to amateur production, piracy and cybercrime.

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