{"product_id":"digital-media-distribution-portals-platforms-pipelines-9781479806782","title":"Digital Media Distribution: Portals, Platforms, Pipelines","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA deep dive into the new era of digital content production and distribution\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the twenty-first century, the platforms that both create and host content have become nearly as important as media itself. Companies such as Netflix, Spotify, and YouTube have attained a massive hold on the public imagination and have become an almost ineluctable part of people's everyday lives. While the workings of media distribution had until very recently remained inconsequential to the average consumer, the recent popularization of various online platforms has made the question of distribution immediate to everyone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDigital Media Distribution: Portals, Platforms, Pipelines\u003c\/i\u003e provides a timely examination of the multifaceted distribution landscape in a moment of transformation and conceptualizes media distribution as a complex site of power, privilege, and gatekeeping. These tensions have local, national, and global consequences on the autonomy of creative workers, as well as on how we gain access to, engage with, and understand cultural products. Drawing on original research into distribution practices in industries as diverse as television, film, videogames, literature, and adult entertainment, each chapter explores how digitization has changed media distribution and its broader economic, industrial, social, and cultural implications. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBringing together experts from around the world and across the media industries, \u003ci\u003eDigital Media Distribution: Portals, Platforms, Pipelines\u003c\/i\u003e presents a vast array of critical approaches and illustrative case studies for understanding the factors that have an impact on the way media travels and moves throughout our digital lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul McDonald\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Media Industries at King's College London. His publications include \u003ci\u003eVideo and DVD Industries\u003c\/i\u003e (2007) and \u003ci\u003eHollywood Stardom\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), and the co-editing of \u003ci\u003eThe Contemporary Hollywood Film Industry\u003c\/i\u003e (2008) and \u003ci\u003eHollywood and the Law\u003c\/i\u003e (2015). He co-edits the \u003ci\u003eInternational Screen Industries\u003c\/i\u003e book series from the British Film Institute. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCourtney Brannon Donoghue\u003c\/b\u003e is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Media Arts at the University of North Texas. Her publications include \u003ci\u003eLocalising Hollywood\u003c\/i\u003e (British Film Institute Press, 2017) and have appeared in \u003ci\u003eCinema Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFeminist Media Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMedia, Culture \u0026amp; Society\u003c\/i\u003e, and various edited collections. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimothy Havens\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Television and Media Studies in the Department of Communication Studies, the Program in African American Studies, and the Program in International Studies at the University of Iowa.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50382005502226,"sku":"9781479806782","price":40.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_aafdf84b-2a5a-40c4-a342-c07760dfc27f.jpg?v=1728700790","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/digital-media-distribution-portals-platforms-pipelines-9781479806782","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}