Distribution Revolution? The circulation of film and cultural capital

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dc.citation.issue1
dc.citation.volume16
dc.contributor.authorHuffer I
dc.date.available2019-05
dc.date.issued2019-05
dc.description.abstractOnline methods of film distribution, both legal and illegal, have been positioned as a disruptive force, altering the dynamics of the film industry and patterns of viewing behaviour. Consideration of the relationship between these new methods and power relations between the socio-demographic groups using them has been somewhat limited though. This article focuses centrally upon these power relations via an examination of the relationship between patterns of film consumption in New Zealand and the circulation of cultural capital. Using quantitative analysis of survey data, the article considers the extent to which Bourdieusian social/cultural hierarchies can be mapped onto the use of particular methods of film consumption and the viewing of particular types of film (by genre and nationality). It also considers what these patterns reveal about the circulation of more pluralised notions of cultural capital, and whether the power of particular groups may reside in their omnivorousness. The article ultimately finds that the potential contribution of online methods of film distribution to the disruption of social/cultural hierarchies is fairly minimal. This is due to the extent to which their use is, in part, structured by these hierarchies and the unequal distribution of economic and cultural capital.
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dc.edition.editionMay 2019
dc.format.extent70 - 89
dc.identifierhttps://www.participations.org/Volume%2016/Issue%201/5.pdf
dc.identifier.citationParticipations: journal of audience and reception studies, 2019, May 2019, 16 (1), pp. 70 - 89
dc.identifier.eissn1749-8716
dc.identifier.elements-id423743
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherDepartment of Theatre Film and Television Studies University of Wales
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.participations.org/Volume%2016/Issue%201/5.pdf
dc.relation.isPartOfParticipations: journal of audience and reception studies
dc.relation.urihttp://www.participations.org/Volume%2016/Issue%201/5.pdf
dc.subjectCultural Capital
dc.subjectOnline Film Distribution
dc.subjectBourdieu
dc.subjectFilm Audiences
dc.subjectFilm Exhibition
dc.subjectNew Zealand
dc.subject.anzsrc1608 Sociology
dc.subject.anzsrc1902 Film, Television and Digital Media
dc.subject.anzsrc2002 Cultural Studies
dc.titleDistribution Revolution? The circulation of film and cultural capital
dc.typeJournal article
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pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Humanities and Social Sciences
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