{"product_id":"point-of-sale-analyzing-media-retail-hardback-9780813595535","title":"Point of Sale; Analyzing Media Retail (Hardback) 9780813595535","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePoint of Sale\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAnalyzing Media Retail\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDaniel Herbert (Edited by), Derek Johnson (Edited by), Daniel Herbert (Contributions by), Derek Johnson (Contributions by), Emily West (Contributions by), Greg Steirer (Contributions by), Heikki Tyni (Contributions by), Olli Sotamaa (Contributions by), Elizabeth Affuso (Contributions by), Avi Santo (Contributions by), Ethan Tussey (Contributions by), Meredith A. Bak (Contributions by), Courtney Brannon Donoghue (Contributions by), Tim J. Anderson (Contributions by), Lynn Comella (Contributions by), Benjamin Woo (Contributions by), Nasreen Rajani (Contributions by), Erin Hanna (Contributions by), Evan Elkins (Contributions by), Marc Steinberg (Contributions by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813595535\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 13 December 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e300 pages, 16 b\u0026amp;w images, 1graph\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.463 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Herbert, Johnson, and their authors valuably expand our understanding of media retail-a largely overlooked node of media circulation. The book offers an excellent range of cases, themes, and issues that both ground these processes historically and address adjustments introduced by digital distribution.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Amanda Lotz (author of We Now Disrupt This Broadcast) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Attention media shoppers! Do not miss this truly original, eloquent argument for retail as an enduring, vital, and complex cultural space in entertainment’s digital age.\"   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e - Jennifer Holt (author of Empires of Entertainment) \u003cdiv\u003e\"A valuable resource. Recommended.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Choice) \u003cdiv\u003e\"[A] signal and important contribution to Media Studies...Herbert and Johnson, and their contributors, have done great service to our understanding on how to link media consumption with Retail Studies.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Television and New Media)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003ePoint of Sale \u003c\/i\u003eoffers the first significant attempt to center media retail as a vital component in the study of popular culture.  It brings together fifteen essays by top media scholars with their fingers on the pulse of both the changes that foreground retail in a digital age and the history that has made retail a fundamental part of the culture industries.  The book reveals why retail matters as a site of transactional significance to industries as well as a crucial locus of meaning and interactional participation for consumers. In addition to examining how industries connect books, DVDs, video games, lifestyle products, toys, and more to consumers, it also interrogates the changes in media circulation driven by the collision of digital platforms with existing retail institutions.  By grappling with the contexts in which we buy media, \u003ci\u003ePoint of Sale\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers the underlying tensions that define the contemporary culture industries. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Media Studies in the Retail Apocalypse\u003cbr\u003e Derek Johnson and Daniel Herbert\u003cbr\u003e             \u003cb\u003ePart I: Retail and New Media Technologies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1: Industrial Crossroads or Cross Purposes? Circuit City, DIVX, and the History of Multi-functional Media Retailers\u003cbr\u003e Daniel Herbert\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2: Amazon, Bookseller: Disruption and Continuity in Digital Capitalism\u003cbr\u003e Emily West\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: The First Sale Doctrine and U.S. Media Retail\u003cbr\u003e Gregory Steirer                                                                                              \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4: Game Retail and Crowdfunding\u003cbr\u003e Heikki Tyni and Olli Sotamaa\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5: The App Store: Female Consumers, Shopping, and Digital Culture\u003cbr\u003e Elizabeth Affuso\u003cbr\u003e            \u003cb\u003e Part II: Media and the Politics of Constructing Retail Space\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6: Shelf Flow: Spatial Logics, Product Categorizations, and Media Brands at Retail\u003cbr\u003e Avi Santo\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7: Get Your Cape On: Target’\u003cbr\u003es Invitation to the DC Universe\u003cbr\u003e Ethan Tussey and Meredith Bak\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8: Shop, Makeover, Love: Transformative Paratexts and Aspirational Fandom for Female-Driven Franchises\u003cbr\u003e Courtney Brannon Donoghue\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9: Female Treble: Gender, Record Retail, and a Play for Space\u003cbr\u003e Tim J. Anderson\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10: “\u003cbr\u003eIt’\u003cbr\u003es Not Just Commerce, It’\u003cbr\u003es Community”\u003cbr\u003e: Erotic Media and the Feminist Sex-Toy Store Revolution\u003cbr\u003e Lynn Comella\u003cbr\u003e             \u003cb\u003ePart III: Practices and Participation in Media Retail Communities\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 11: Comic Book Stores as Sites of Struggle\u003cbr\u003e Benjamin Woo and Nasreen Rajani\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 12: From Dealer’\u003cbr\u003es Room to Exhibit Hall: Comic Retailing and the San Diego Comic-Con\u003cbr\u003e Erin Hanna\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 13: The Changing Scales of Diasporic Media Retail\u003cbr\u003e Evan Elkins\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 14: Delivering Media: The Convenience Store as Media Mix Hub\u003cbr\u003e Marc Steinberg\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 15: Retail Wizardry: Constructing Media Fantasies from the Point of Sale\u003cbr\u003e Derek Johnson\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52563728924952,"sku":"9780813595535","price":123.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/point-of-sale-analyzing-media-retail-hardback-9780813595535","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}