Posts Tagged ‘ marketing ’

The Cosmopolitan City and the Carnivalesque in Arcade Fire’s Reflektor Campaign

November 1, 2013
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The Cosmopolitan City and the Carnivalesque in Arcade Fire’s <i>Reflektor</i> Campaign

The promotional campaign for Arcade Fire's Reflektor reflects an increasingly mobile and interconnected experience of popular culture, as well as the persistent significance of local sites of production in popular music-making and promotion.
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Comic-Con: The Fan Convention as Industry Space, Part 2

July 22, 2013
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Comic-Con: The Fan Convention as Industry Space, Part 2

This post focuses on one particular space, Hall H, in order to examine how the industry exerts its significant and formative power at Comic-Con as part and parcel of exclusive opportunities and rewards for fans.
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Comic-Con 2013: The Fan Convention as Industry Space

July 19, 2013
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Comic-Con 2013: The Fan Convention as Industry Space

For many academics, Comic-Con provides a significant opportunity to study media audiences, as its diverse programming attracts an array of fandoms and subcultures. But it is the massive marketing presence of the media industries (usually coded in trade and popular discourses as “Hollywood”) that makes Comic-Con a unique space in which to examine...
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More than Logos: AMC, FX, and Cable Branding

April 12, 2013
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More than Logos: AMC, FX, and Cable Branding

Whereas AMC’s new slogan reflects its consistent lack of direction, FX’s brand extension embodies its continuous push forward.
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Chinese Deadwood in Malawi

August 19, 2010
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Chinese <i>Deadwood</i> in Malawi

American TV in Malawi, by way of China and South Africa. What are we to make of the cultural intermediaries, and what does this say about global media flow?
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What Are You Missing? August 1-August 14

August 15, 2010
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What Are You Missing? August 1-August 14

And...we’re back. Ten (or more) media industry stories you might have missed recently.
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