Entertainment & Society: Audiences, Trends, and Impact - Softcover

Sayre, Shay; King, Cynthia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761925481 ISBN 13: 9780761925484

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2003

Synopsis

Providing an overview of the entertainment industry including entertainment economics, theories of entertainment, entertainment research, and types of entertainment including media (chat room, cybersex), sports, gaming, theme entertainment (malls and restaurant experiences, shopping), travel and tourism, live performance, and television and film. The book ends with a chapter on `future-tainment′ including health and fitness, religion and technology.

About this title

Review

"They cover the whole array of what can be entertaining: books, drama, music, films, circuses, television, gaming, gambling, sports, advertising, tourism, and edutainment. They even look towards postmodern entertainment and futuretainment with a special focus on the Internet and interactivity. The book is worth being read by scholars who are interested in entertainment studies and as a textbook it will be very useful." (Emile G. McAnany A Quarterly Review of Communication Research 2006-07-06)

About the Author

Cynthia King serves as the director for the Center for Entertainment and Tourism Studies at California State University, Fullerton, and is also an associate professor in Cal State Fullerton's Communications Department.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761925481
• ISBN 13: 9780761925484
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 440