Feature film diversity on Australian cinema screens: Implications for cultural diversity studies using big data

Coate, B; Verhoeven, D; Arrowsmith, C; Zemaityte, V

Feature film diversity on Australian cinema screens: Implications for cultural diversity studies using big data

Coate, B Verhoeven, D

Arrowsmith, C Zemaityte, V

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Citation:: Australian Screen in the 2000s, 2017, pp. 341 - 360
Issue Date:: 2017-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Coate, B	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Verhoeven, D https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3680-3561	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Arrowsmith, C	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Zemaityte, V	en_US
dc.date.issued	2017-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Australian Screen in the 2000s, 2017, pp. 341 - 360	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9783319482989	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/127320
dc.description.abstract	© The Editor(s) and The Author(s) 2017. Like in much of the world, cinema screens in Australia are dominated by feature films from the US. Drawing on the Kinomatics Global Showtime Dataset, a big cultural dataset of cinema screenings, this chapter considers the diversity of films screened in Australian cinemas by examining not only the broad range of film titles on offer, but also what titles cinemagoers have practical access to, represented by films’ screen-shares. Results of this analysis reveal that despite substantial growth in the volume of first-release feature films on Australian cinema screens, for most cinema audiences, this has not translated into an increase in the diversity of films viewed, since the onus for the provision of diversity rests with smaller cinemas that do not belong to major chains.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Australian Screen in the 2000s	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1007/978-3-319-48299-6_16	en_US
dc.title	Feature film diversity on Australian cinema screens: Implications for cultural diversity studies using big data	en_US
dc.type	Chapter
utslib.for	2001 Communication and Media Studies	en_US
utslib.for	2002 Cultural Studies	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/School of Communication
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© The Editor(s) and The Author(s) 2017. Like in much of the world, cinema screens in Australia are dominated by feature films from the US. Drawing on the Kinomatics Global Showtime Dataset, a big cultural dataset of cinema screenings, this chapter considers the diversity of films screened in Australian cinemas by examining not only the broad range of film titles on offer, but also what titles cinemagoers have practical access to, represented by films’ screen-shares. Results of this analysis reveal that despite substantial growth in the volume of first-release feature films on Australian cinema screens, for most cinema audiences, this has not translated into an increase in the diversity of films viewed, since the onus for the provision of diversity rests with smaller cinemas that do not belong to major chains.

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