Digital Renaissance: What Data and Economics Tell Us about the Future of Popular Culture

by Joel Waldfogel

Book Overview

How digital technology is upending the traditional creative industries--and why that might be a good thing

The digital revolution poses a mortal threat to the major creative industries--music, publishing, television, and the movies. The ease with which digital files can be copied and distributed has unleashed a wave of piracy with disastrous effects on revenue. Cheap, easy self-publishing is eroding the position of these gatekeepers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691162824
• ISBN13: 9780691162829
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.5"