Point of Sale offers 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, Point of Sale uncovers the underlying tensions that define the contemporary culture industries.
Contributions by:
Daniel Herbert,
Derek Johnson,
Emily West
Edited by:
Daniel Herbert,
Derek Johnson
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 23mm
Weight: 397g
ISBN: 9780813595528
ISBN 10: 0813595525
Pages: 300
Publication Date: 13 December 2019
Recommended Age: From 18 to 99 years
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
,
Undergraduate
,
Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Contents Introduction: Media Studies in the Retail Apocalypse Derek Johnson and Daniel Herbert Part I: Retail and New Media Technologies Chapter 1: Industrial Crossroads or Cross Purposes? Circuit City, DIVX, and the History of Multi-functional Media Retailers Daniel Herbert Chapter 2: Amazon, Bookseller: Disruption and Continuity in Digital Capitalism Emily West Chapter 3: The First Sale Doctrine and U.S. Media Retail Gregory Steirer Chapter 4: Game Retail and Crowdfunding Heikki Tyni and Olli Sotamaa Chapter 5: The App Store: Female Consumers, Shopping, and Digital Culture Elizabeth Affuso Part II: Media and the Politics of Constructing Retail Space Chapter 6: Shelf Flow: Spatial Logics, Product Categorizations, and Media Brands at Retail Avi Santo Chapter 7: Get Your Cape On: Target’s Invitation to the DC Universe Ethan Tussey and Meredith Bak Chapter 8: Shop, Makeover, Love: Transformative Paratexts and Aspirational Fandom for Female-Driven Franchises Courtney Brannon Donoghue Chapter 9: Female Treble: Gender, Record Retail, and a Play for Space Tim J. Anderson Chapter 10: “It’s Not Just Commerce, It’s Community”: Erotic Media and the Feminist Sex-Toy Store Revolution Lynn Comella Part III: Practices and Participation in Media Retail Communities Chapter 11: Comic Book Stores as Sites of Struggle Benjamin Woo and Nasreen Rajani Chapter 12: From Dealer’s Room to Exhibit Hall: Comic Retailing and the San Diego Comic-Con Erin Hanna Chapter 13: The Changing Scales of Diasporic Media Retail Evan Elkins Chapter 14: Delivering Media: The Convenience Store as Media Mix Hub Marc Steinberg Chapter 15: Retail Wizardry: Constructing Media Fantasies from the Point of Sale Derek Johnson
DANIEL HERBERT is an associate professor in the department of film, television, and media at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is the author of Videoland: Movie Culture at the American Video Store and Film Remakes and Franchises. DEREK JOHNSON is professor of media and cultural studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of Media Franchising: Creative License and Collaboration in the Culture Industries and Transgenerational Media Industries: Adults, Children, and the Reproduction of Culture.
Reviews for Point of Sale: Analyzing Media Retail
"""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."" -- Amanda Lotz * author of We Now Disrupt This Broadcast * ""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."" -- Jennifer Holt * author of Empires of Entertainment * ""A valuable resource. Recommended."" * Choice * ""[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."" * Television and New Media *"
