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Book Description: Taylor Francis Ltd, United Kingdom, 2010. Hardback. Book Condition: New. 2nd ed. 254 x 178 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. The second edition of this innovative textbook introduces students to the ways that society shapes our many forms of entertainment and in turn, how entertainment shapes society. "Entertainment and Society" examines a broad range of types of entertainment that we enjoy in our daily lives - covering new areas like sports, video games, gambling, theme parks, travel, and shopping, as well as traditional entertainment media such as film, television, and print. A primary emphasis is placed on the impact of technological and cultural convergence on innovation and the influence of contemporary entertainment. The authors begin with a general overview of the study of entertainment, introducing readers to various ways of understanding leisure and play, and then go on to trace a brief history of the development of entertainment from its live forms through mediated technology. Subsequent chapters review a broad range of theories and research and provide focused discussions of the relationship between entertainment and key societal factors including economics and commerce, culture, law, politics, ethics, advocacy and technology.The authors conclude by highlighting innovations and emerging trends in live and mediated entertainment and exploring their implications for the future. The new edition features updated examples and pedagogical features throughout including text boxes, case studies, student activities, questions for discussion, and suggestions for further reading. Bookseller Inventory # AA69780415998062

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Book Description: Taylor and Francis(Routledge), 2010. Hardback. Book Condition: New. 10 by 7.008 inches. (600 pages) This item is printed on demand. Please allow up to 10 days extra for printing & delivery. The second edition of this innovative textbook introduces students to the ways that society shapes our many forms of entertainment and in turn, how entertainment shapes society. EntertainmentandSociety examines a broad range of types of entertainment that we enjoy in our daiy ives – covering new areas ike sports, video games, gambing, theme parks, trave, and shopping, as we as traditiona entertainment media such as fim, teevision, and print. A primary emphasis is paced on the impact of technoogica and cutura convergence on innovation and the infuence of contemporary entertainment. The authors begin with a genera overview of the study of entertainment, introducing readers to various ways of understanding eisure and pay, and then go on to trace a brief history of the deveopment of entertainment from its ive forms through mediated technoogy. Subsequent chapters review a broad range of theories and research and provide focused discussions of the reationship between entertainment and key societa factors incuding economics and commerce, cuture, aw, poitics, ethics, advocacy and technoogy. The authors concude by highighting innovations and emerging trends in ive and mediated entertainment and exporing their impications for the future. The new edition features updated exampes and pedagogica features throughout incuding text boxes, case studies, student activities, questions for discussion, and suggestions for further reading. Foreword Jennings Bryant. Introduction Section I: Infuences: Theoretica Frameworks and Guiding Principes 1. Entertainment Everything 2. Our Convergence Cuture 3. Understanding Entertainment Audiences 4. Drama and Storyteing 5. Entertainment Effects Section II: Impacts: Societa Causes and Effects 6. The Attention Economy: Business and Technoogy 7. Branded Entertainment and Theming 8. A Question of Standards: Lega Rights and Responsibiities 9. Ethics in the Information Age 10. Reigion and Sociaization 11. Ethnicity, Cuture and Gobaization 12. Sin City: Sex, Drugs, Vioence and Gambing Section III: Innovations: Contemporary Trends and Practices 13. Advocacy in Entertainment: Poitics, Activism and Education 14. Media Entertainment 15. Live on Our Stage: The Performing Arts 16. Trave, Attractions and Recreation 17. New Media and Futuretainment Praise for the first edition: They cover the whoe array of what can be entertaining: books, drama, music, fims, circuses, teevision, gaming, gambing, sports, advertising, tourism, and edutainment. The book is worth being read by schoars who are interested in entertainment studies and as a textbook it wi be very usefu. Emie G. McAnany A Quartery Review of Communication Research (Hardback). Bookseller Inventory # AG0415998069

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Book Description: Routledge, 2010. Hardcover. Book Condition: Brand New. 2nd edition. 574 pages. 10.00x7.25x1.25 inches. In Stock. Bookseller Inventory # __0415998069

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