Free Download L. J. Shrum, "The Psychology of Entertainment Media: Blurring the Lines Between Entertainment and Persuasion Ed 2"
English | ISBN: 1138110604 | 2017 | 364 pages | PDF | 3 MB
In this volume, psychologists and communication experts present theory on understanding and predicting how learning occurs through media consumption. As the impact of traditional advertising has declined over the last couple of decades, marketers have scrambled to find other ways to effectively communicate with consumers. Among other approaches, marketers have utilized various forms of product integration. Product integration is mixing a commercial message in with the non-commercial message via TV, movie, video, and other entertainment venues. This book will be of interest to students and researchers in psychology, marketing, communication, advertising, and consumer behavior.

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English | ISBN: 1636671551 | 2023 | 120 pages | EPUB, PDF | 1196 KB + 1087 KB
Drawing on Hegel's model of aesthetics and beauty to analyze the Star Trek franchise, this book puts justice at the center of the "beauty"-and entertainment value-of popular culture. The author, George A. Gonzalez, shows that Description-revolving around justice and injustice-often determines the artistic success and popularity of TV and films. He argues that Star Trek is the most popular franchise in history because it puts the pursuit of justice, and therefore beauty, at the heart of its world.

Free Download Presumption: An Entertainment: A Sequel to Pride and Prejudice By Julia Barrett
1995 | 238 Pages | ISBN: 0226038130 | EPUB | 2 MB
This witty sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice follows the fate of Georgiana Darcy, Mr. Darcy's younger sister, who must choose between two suitors, a well-placed navy captain and a brash young architect. Masterfully adapted to Austen's original nineteenth-century style, Presumption brings back to life the book's most memorable characters, the Bennets, Darcys, Collins, and de Bourghs."An elegant emulation and continuation of Pride and Prejudice. . . . Jointly composed by two admirers of Jane Austen, the book often achieves crisp replication of her style. . . . Presumption shows how sequel-writing can, like parody, be a sharp exercise in literary appreciation."-Peter Kemp, Times Literary SupplementJulia Barrett is a pseudonym for Julia Braun Kessler and Gabrielle Donnelly.

Free Download Barry Taylor, "Entertainment Theology: New-Edge Spirituality in a Digital Democracy"
English | 2008 | pages: 256 | ISBN: 0801032377 | EPUB | 0,4 mb
It's the end of the church as we know it. In a digitally connected world, people are seeking spiritual answers through pop culture. Instead of retreating, Christians must "rethink the sacred" and enter global conversations about God-in film, literature, TV, and music-or face extinction, argues Barry Taylor in Entertainment Theology. Taking snapshots from theology, cultural studies, sociology, and pop culture, Taylor explores a myriad of factors affecting religious life since the 1970s, including technology, fashion, celebrity, and global communications. He exhorts a move away from traditional Christian religion, proposing instead a manifestation of Christianity as a religion not of the past but of the present and the future. For scholars, seminary students, culture watchers, and emerging-church readers, Entertainment Theology offers thought-provoking hope for Christianity's future.

Free Download Art and Entertainment: A Philosophical Exploration
by Andy Hamilton
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1138599948 | 294 Pages | True ePUB | 1.65 MB

Free Download Art and Entertainment: A Philosophical Exploration
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1138599948 | 295 Pages | PDF (True) | 53 MB
Philosophers have discussed art - or artistic practices such as poetry - since ancient times. But systems of art and entertainment appeared only in the modern era - in the West, during the 18th and 19th centuries. And philosophers have largely neglected the concept of entertainment. In this book Andy Hamilton explores art and entertainment from a philosophical standpoint. He argues, against modernist theory, that art and entertainment are not opposites, but form a loosely connected conceptual system. Against postmodernism, however, he insists on their vital differences.

Free Download Peter Vorderer, "The Oxford Handbook of Entertainment Theory "
English | ISBN: 0190072210 | 2021 | 896 pages | EPUB, PDF | 3 + 5 MB
The proliferation of new digital technologies has given rise to an entirely changed media landscape and revolutionized how we seek entertainment. Older entertainment media like novels, radio, and film have been joined by a host of digital media that smartphones allow us to carry almost anywhere and at all times, from video games and social media to video on demand services. This unprecedented ubiquity of entertainment media calls for new and more sophisticated theories that help us understand the fascination that different entertainment media exert on us and how they change the human experience.

Free Download Sherri Burr, "Entertainment Law in a Nutshell"
English | 2021 | ISBN: 1636590837 | EPUB | pages: 472 | 0.4 mb
This compact reference gives a big picture overview of the intellectual property, contract, publicity, estate planning, and First Amendment issues that contribute to the field of entertainment law. Professor Burr also addresses specific legal issues that arise in the film, music, and television industries, including discussion of the rise of "reality" television. This Nutshell is ideal as a secondary text to accompany any entertainment law casebook, as the primary text for a seminar, or as background information for someone requiring an overview.

Free Download Loren R Spielman, "Jews and Entertainment in the Ancient World "
English | ISBN: 3161550005 | 2020 | 320 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Countering the traditional belief that Jews in antiquity were predominantly disinterested in the popular entertainments of the Greek and Roman world, Loren R. Spielman maps the varieties of Jewish engagement with theater, athletics, horse racing, gladiatorial, and beast shows in antiquity. The author argues that Jews from Hellenistic Alexandria to late antique Sepphoris enjoyed and exploited, or alternatively resisted and scorned, popular forms of public entertainment as they adapted to the political, social, and religious realities of imperial rule. Including references to ancient Jewish actors, athletes, promoters, and plays alongside analysis of rabbinic and other early Jewish critique of sport and spectacle, Loren R. Spielmandescribes the different ways that attitudes towards entertainment might have played a role in shaping ancient Jewish identity.

Free Download Dana L. Solomon, "Ideological Battlegrounds: Entertainment to Disarm Divisive Propaganda"
English | ISBN: 149856996X | 2018 | 268 pages | EPUB | 4 MB
Can entertainment challenge divisive ideologies? Can we use theater, film, games, novels, and stories disarm the ideologies of fear?