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When piracy meets the Internet: the diverse film consumption of China in an unorthodox globalization.

Wu, Xiao. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 111-124). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgement --- p.iv / Table of Contents --- p.v / Chapter Chapter One: --- Chinese Film Piracy Consumption and Media Globalization --- p.1 / Introduction: The Rampant Film Piracy in China --- p.1 / Literature Review --- p.4 / Focuses in Chinese Film Piracy --- p.4 / Four Theoretical Positions in Media Globalization --- p.7 / Summary --- p.17 / Chapter Chapter Two: --- Problematics of Chinese Film Piracy Consumption --- p.19 / Two Concepts --- p.19 / Diversity --- p.19 / Filmic Gene Pool --- p.20 / Two Arguments and One Deduction --- p.23 / The Argument for the Expanding Global Capital --- p.23 / The Argument for National Protectionism --- p.25 / The Long Tail --- p.26 / The Theoretical Deduction for the Chinese Case --- p.27 / Research Questions --- p.28 / Methodological Note --- p.28 / Chapter Chapter Three: --- A Re-Examination of Chinese Film Piracy Market --- p.32 / The Myth of Market Access --- p.32 / State Censorship Overlooked --- p.34 / The First-Release Obsession --- p.35 / An Internet Take-over? --- p.38 / Summary --- p.39 / Chapter Chapter Four: --- "In Search of the “Invisible"" Audience/Viewers" --- p.42 / The “Official´ح Audience --- p.42 / Chinese Film Audiences Re-Captured --- p.45 / Sketches on the ´بInvisible´ة Viewers --- p.51 / Conclusion --- p.56 / Chapter Chapter Five: --- Structural Analysis for Chinese Film Piracy Consumption --- p.58 / Chinese Piracy Viewers: An Idle Spare of the Nexus? --- p.58 / The Film Piracy Market in China --- p.61 / Summary --- p.63 / Chapter Chapter Six: --- A Brief History of Chinese Piracy Consumption --- p.67 / Video Hall (Mid-1980s to Mid-1990s) --- p.68 / Epoch of the Videodisc (Since mid-1990s) --- p.70 / Online Movie Forums and Blogs (1998-Present) --- p.73 / Online Social Networks of Cinephiles (2004-Present) --- p.76 / The Accompanying Print Media (1999-Present) --- p.78 / Conclusion --- p.82 / Chapter Chapter Seven: --- The Chinese Public Cine-Space --- p.83 / The Publicness of Piracy Viewing --- p.83 / A Public Cine-Space --- p.84 / Cultural Public Sphere: The Concept --- p.84 / The Chinese Internet --- p.85 / The Chinese Online Film Critics --- p.87 / The Chinese Public Cine-Space --- p.89 / A Trajectory of the Online Cine-Space --- p.90 / Mechanism towards Diversity --- p.93 / The Techno-Divide --- p.98 / Chapter Chapter Eight: --- Conclusion --- p.100 / Contributions --- p.100 / Historical Account of Chinese Film Piracy Consumption --- p.100 / Inclusive Model for Diversity of Cultural Market --- p.101 / Weaknesses and Future Suggestions --- p.103 / Final Remark --- p.106 / Appendix A --- p.108 / Bibliography --- p.111

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_326336
Date January 2008
ContributorsWu, Xiao., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Communication.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, vi, 124 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
CoverageChina, China, China, China
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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