Entertainment and Society [Elektronisk resurs] Influences, Impacts, and Innovations.

• BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION; PART 1 INFLUENCES: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES; 1 ENTERTAINMENT EVERYTHING; 2 OUR CONVERGENCE CULTURE; 3 UNDERSTANDING ENTERTAINMENT AUDIENCES; 4 DRAMA AND STORYTELLING; 5 ENTERTAINMENT EFFECTS; PART 2 IMPACTS: SOCIETAL CAUSES AND EFFECTS; 6 THE ATTENTION ECONOMY: BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY; 7 BRANDED ENTERTAINMENT AND THEMING; 8 A QUESTION OF STANDARDS: LEGAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES; 9 ETHICS IN THE INFOTAINMENT AGE; 10 RELIGION AND SOCIALIZATION; 11 ETHNICITY, CULTURE, AND GLOBALIZATION. 
• 12 SIN CITY: VIOLENCE, SEX, DRUGS, AND GAMBLINGPART 3 INNOVATIONS: CONTEMPORARY TRENDS AND PRACTICES; 13 ADVOCACY IN ENTERTAINMENT: POLITICS, ACTIVISM, AND EDUCATION; 14 MEDIA ENTERTAINMENT; 15 LIVE ON OUR STAGE: THE PERFORMING ARTS; 16 TRAVEL, ATTRACTIONS, AND RECREATION; 17 NEW MEDIA AND FUTURETAINMENT; NOTES; ILLUSTRATION CREDITS; INDEX. 

• Introduces students to the ways that society shapes our many forms of entertainment and in turn, how entertainment shapes society. This book examines a range of types of entertainment that we enjoy in our daily lives, covering areas like sports, video games, gambling, theme parks, religion, and shopping, as well as traditional entertainment media. 

Ämnesord

Amusements -- Social aspects. 

Amusements. 

Performing arts -- Social aspects. 

Performing arts. 

Genre

Electronic books.  (LCSH)

Klassifikation

PN1590.S6S29 2010 (LCC)

338.47791 (DDC)

P.04 (kssb/8 (machine generated))