Is Hollywood America? The Trans-nationalization of the American Film Industry.

Wasser, Frederick

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Publication Date: 1995

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Is Hollywood America? The Trans-nationalization of the American Film Industry.

Wasser, Frederick

Critical Studies in Mass Communication, v12 n4 p423-37 Dec 1995

Locates and elaborates a postwar disassociation between films and the domestic audience in changing finance and marketing practices. Suggests that preselling unproduced films to worldwide territories (begun in the 1970s) eroded Hollywood's emphasis on American viewers. Suggests that this is why American films contribute so little to the social fabric. (SR)

Descriptors: Communication Research, Economic Factors, Film Industry, Films, Global Approach, Higher Education, Mass Media Role

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Language: English

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