| Description |
1 online resource (436 pages) |
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Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Preface; Introduction; A Different Approach to Media Economy; The Informal Economy: Uses and Abuses; Chapter by Chapter; 1: Formal and Informal Media; From Binary to Spectrum; Disaggregating the Spectrum; Time and Transformation; Understanding the Interactions; Formal-Informal Interactions in Television: The BBC Case; Uses and Implications; 2: Entrepreneurs; The Entrepreneur in Context; Entrepreneurship and the Informal Economy; Media Entrepreneurs Across the Formal/Informal Divide; Geeks; Moguls; Pirates; Enthusiasts; Conclusion; 3: Work |
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The Creative Labour DebateLimits of Creative Labour Critique; The Ethical Drama of the Informal Economy; Formalization: Prospects and Pitfalls; 4: Geographies; The Kirtsaeng Affair; Disaggregating the Market; First-Sale and Commodity Afterlives; Grey Technology Markets; Boundary Trouble; The Enemy Within; The Piracy-Parallel Import Connection; The Persistence of Place; 5: Regulation; Regulating Digital Transport; Regulating the Wireless Commons; Regulating Copyright Enforcement; Articulating Formal and Informal Regulation; 6: Brands; The Trademark and the Brand |
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Formal Brands: Value, Control, AuthorshipInformal Activity and Brand Vulnerability; 7: Metrics; Why Metrics Matter; Measuring the Informal; Measuring New Media; Transparency and Opacity in Digital Metrics; The Piracy Numbers Game; Conclusion; References; Index; End User License Agreement |
| Summary |
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 in |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Mass media -- Technological innovations
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Mass media and technology.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.
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Mass media and technology
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Mass media -- Technological innovations
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Thomas, Julian, author
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| ISBN |
9780745690414 |
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0745690416 |
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