Global Jukebox - The International Music Industry

Informationen zum Autor Robert Burnett Klappentext Popular music is with us constantly. It is part of our everyday enviroment and in global terms it is now perhaps the most universal means of communication.The Global Jukebox is the first comprehensive study of the international music industry at a time of great change, as the entertainment industry acknowledges its ever growing global audience. Robert Burnett provides an international overview of the music business and its future prospects in the UK, Northern Europe and the United States and Canada. He examines the relationship between local and global cultures and between concentration of ownership (Sony, Warner and the rest of the `big six') and the diversity of music production and consumption.The Global Jukebox not only illuminataes the workings of the contemporary entertainment industries, it captures the dynamics at work in the production of musical culture between the transnational media conglomerates, the independent music companies and the public. It is essential reading for anyone studying popular music. Zusammenfassung The first comprehensive study of the international popular music industry. The book examines how the industry is responding to the need to produce global starand discusses the effect of new media technologies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface List of Tables List of Figures 1.INTRODUCTION 2. MUSIC AND THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY 3.MUSIC AS POPULAR CULTURE 4.THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IN TRANSITION 5.THE PRODUCTION OF POPULAR MUSIC 6.THE CONSUMPTION OF POPULAR MUSIC 7.THE AMERICAN EXAMPLE 8.THE SWEDISH EXAMPLE 9.FUTURE SOUNDS: TOWARDS A GLOBAL JUKEBOX ? Appendix 1 Internet WWW music sites Bibliography

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Robert Burnett, Burnett Robert
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 14.12.1995
• EAN: 9780415092760
• ISBN: 978-0-415-09276-0
• Pages: 188
• Thèmes: Communication and Society; Communication and Society
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Politique, société, économie > Société; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Médias, communication > Général, dictionnaires; Rock, History, Music, Media Studies, Cultural Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Humanities, Pop Music, Popular Music