Entertainment & society : audiences, trends, and impacts / Shay Sayre & Cynthia King.
Material type: TextPublisher: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, [2003]Copyright date: ©2003Description: xxv, 421 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0761925481
- 9780761925484
- 0761925473
- 9780761925477
- Entertainment and society
- 306.4848 23
- PN1590.S6 S29 2003
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306.4846099623 ALE Dancing from the heart : movement, gender, and Cook Islands globalization / | 306.4848 DYE Only entertainment / | 306.4848 KNO Theatre & interculturalism / | 306.4848 SAY Entertainment & society : audiences, trends, and impacts / | 306.4848 SAY Entertainment and society : influences, impacts, and innovations / | 306.4848 TAY The archive and the repertoire : performing cultural memory in the Americas / | 306.4848 TUR From ritual to theatre : the human seriousness of play / |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-412) and index.
Foreword / Peter Vorderer -- 1. That's Entertainment! -- 2. The Business of Entertainment -- 3. Look Who's Watching: Understanding Entertainment Audiences -- 4. Theoretical Foundations: Drama Is Queen -- 5. The Devil Made Me Do It: Entertainment Effects -- 6. The Power of the Press: Print and the Publishing Industry -- 7. And the Beat Goes On: The Rapidly Changing World of Music and Radio -- 8. Two Thumbs Up: What's at the Movies? -- 9. Talking Pictures: The Power of Television Images -- 10. The Sound of One Hand Clapping: Performance Arts Live -- 11. Challenge or Chance? Gaming and Gambling -- 12. Sports Mania -- 13. Seeing the World: Tourism and Travel -- 14. Themed Environments as Fabulous Fakes -- 15. The Ecstasy of Communication: Postmodern Entertainment -- 16. Futuretainment.
"The authors focus on examples that illustrate how everything in life - from driving our cars to shopping for food - is crafted to provide an entertaining experience. They demonstrate how dramatic tension has been introduced into all of our experiences for both learning and enjoyment. The book confirms that modern Americans define themselves not by what they own but what they do. Also appropriate for general education programs, this text is directed at undergraduate courses involving media, culture, psychology, sociology, American studies, and entertainment."--BOOK JACKET.
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