Pop idols and pirates: mechanisms of consumption and the global circulation of popular music
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1. Verfasser: Fairchild, Charles (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Aldershot, Hants, England Burlington, Vt. Ashgate ©2008
Schriftenreihe:Ashgate popular and folk music series
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Beschreibung:All of the in-between. The acts and the spaces of consumption ; The medium and materials of popular music -- Bridging the distance between production and consumption. Property and power : CDs, MP3s & SoundScan ; Mediating and manufacturing the investment in desire -- The spectacle as consumption environment. Constructing the idol empire ; Building the authentic celebrity : the structure of a spectacle ; Becoming who you are : the content of a spectacle
Includes bibliographical references and index
The music industry has been waging significant battles in recent years, reacting to numerous inter-related crises provoked by globalization, digitalization and the ever more extensive commercialization of public culture. This book presents two inter-related cases of crisis and opportunity: the music industry's epic struggle over piracy and the 'Idol' phenomenon. Both are explicit attempts to control and justify the particular ways in which the music industry makes money from popular music through specific kinds of relationships with consumers. When understood in specific relation to the battle
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (ix, 182 pages)
ISBN:0754690024
9780754690023
9780754663836
0754663833

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