Böcker av Janet Wasko

A A wide ranging analysis of the Disney empire by a leading scholar A Studies Disney from a variety of perspectives: as a global business, the content of Disney products, and how they are received by audiences A Discusses Disney theme parks as well as films, cartoons and TV programmes.

Smythe has made important contributions to the study of the political economy of communications, as well as to the critical study of communication and information.

This book is a major new assessment of the American movie industry in the 1990s. The author considers Hollywood in its entirety - home videos, cable tv and other communication technologies. She examines the impact of such technologies in areas such as distribution, production, exhibition, marketing and merchandising.

This fascinating book details the processes involved in turning raw materials and labour into feature films. Wasko surveys and critiques the policies and structure of the US film industry. This refreshing, critical look at the industry within economic, political and social contexts provides a valuable analysis of how Hollywood works.

This volume is the first in-depth study of the relationship between Hollywood and its financiers from the early film entrepeneuers who established the trade at the turn of the century, through the present day multinational, diversified film coporations that dominate the communication/entertainment industry of the world.