Cinema-going, Audiences and Exhibition

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Aveyard, Karina
Moran, Albert
Year published
2011
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This special issue of Media International Australia represents an effort to progress critical understanding of the broader social and economic formations that shape the circulation and onsumption of films. The collection provides a range of diverse and ompelling insights into the processes of film circulation and viewing both within the home and at the cinema. Accordingly these articles address important questions such as: Why do audiences seek out film content? How are films accessed and by whom? What place does film have in popular social memory? How does the site of consumption shape the meaning of these cultural encounters? ...
View more >This special issue of Media International Australia represents an effort to progress critical understanding of the broader social and economic formations that shape the circulation and onsumption of films. The collection provides a range of diverse and ompelling insights into the processes of film circulation and viewing both within the home and at the cinema. Accordingly these articles address important questions such as: Why do audiences seek out film content? How are films accessed and by whom? What place does film have in popular social memory? How does the site of consumption shape the meaning of these cultural encounters? By what processes can we identify and study audiences?
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View more >This special issue of Media International Australia represents an effort to progress critical understanding of the broader social and economic formations that shape the circulation and onsumption of films. The collection provides a range of diverse and ompelling insights into the processes of film circulation and viewing both within the home and at the cinema. Accordingly these articles address important questions such as: Why do audiences seek out film content? How are films accessed and by whom? What place does film have in popular social memory? How does the site of consumption shape the meaning of these cultural encounters? By what processes can we identify and study audiences?
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Journal Title
Media International Australia
Volume
2011
Issue
139
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© 2011 Media International Australia. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
Subject
Media Studies
Studies in Human Society
Studies in Creative Arts and Writing
Language, Communication and Culture