-Coming together of multimedia digital technologies allowing audio, video, graphics, games and animation (eg iphone)
or
- Coming together of institutions (eg EMI bought up by Sony & Universal)
Synergy-
-The coming together of two media texts to benefit them both eg: a film and its soundtrack will be released
Conglomerate-
-An international company with a wide and varied range of commercial interests
Globalisation-
-The growing tendency of industrial and commercial companies to merge and operate on an international rather than regional basis
Vertical Intragration- -The takeover of companies operating at different stages of the production/distribution/exchange - in musicopoly this let you operate 50% more efficiently
Horizontal Integration-
-The merger of competing companies from the same line of business (ie if itunes & Spotify merged) and involved at the same level of activity
Major Record Label-
-They are the 'Big Three' music companies which are Sony/BMG, Universal and Warner Brothers
Subsidiary Label-
-A company controlled by a holding or parent company (ie Syco & Sony)
Independent Label-
-Not connected to a major company (ie XL or Ninja Tune)
Niche Audience-
-A targeting of a small but significant group of consumers with a media product directed specifically at their interests
Mainstream Audience-
-The uncontroversial, generally accepted attitudes, beliefs and values of the majority population
Fans-
-Someone who has a strong interest and belief in the band or artist
Prosumers
-Audience as active participantants in the process of both PROducing and conSUMING of media texts
Consumption-
-Buying/downloading/streaming/filesharing music, paying for live convert tickets etc
Web 2.0-
-The second phase of the internet, where the focus shifts from people receiving information and services to people creating and sharing material (music 2.0 is related to this)
Download-
-The practise of selecting and receiving digital information from an online source on a computer, as opposed to sending it by upload
Streaming-
-A method of relaying data over a computer network as a steady continuous stream, allowing playback to proceed while subsequent data is being received
Peer to Peer-
-The sharing of media material between two parties in an equal relationship
Piracy-
-Distribution of media material that infringes copyright law
Portability / Miniaturisation-
-The quality of being light enough to be carried (iphone & Djay app anyone?)
Sampling-
-the technique of digitally encoding music or sound and reusing it as part of a composition or recording - you have done this with your mash ups
Artists and Repertoire (A&R)-
-Is the division of a record label that is responsible for talent scouting and overseeing the artistic development of recording artists. It also acts as a liaison between artists and the record label. They use your followers/friends on social media now to make this judgement
Record Deal - Contract - Royalties-
-A recording deal is a legal agreement between a record label and a recording artist or group, where the artist makes a record or series of records for the label to sell and promote
Distribution-
-Promoting music and getting it into shops, on the radio and downloaded for payment
Plugging / Marketing-
-The transmission of information about a media text to a target audience in such a way as to maximise its appeal to that audience
or
- Coming together of institutions (eg EMI bought up by Sony & Universal)
Synergy-
-The coming together of two media texts to benefit them both eg: a film and its soundtrack will be released
Conglomerate-
-An international company with a wide and varied range of commercial interests
Globalisation-
-The growing tendency of industrial and commercial companies to merge and operate on an international rather than regional basis
Vertical Intragration- -The takeover of companies operating at different stages of the production/distribution/exchange - in musicopoly this let you operate 50% more efficiently
Horizontal Integration-
-The merger of competing companies from the same line of business (ie if itunes & Spotify merged) and involved at the same level of activity
Major Record Label-
-They are the 'Big Three' music companies which are Sony/BMG, Universal and Warner Brothers
Subsidiary Label-
-A company controlled by a holding or parent company (ie Syco & Sony)
Independent Label-
-Not connected to a major company (ie XL or Ninja Tune)
Niche Audience-
-A targeting of a small but significant group of consumers with a media product directed specifically at their interests
Mainstream Audience-
-The uncontroversial, generally accepted attitudes, beliefs and values of the majority population
Fans-
-Someone who has a strong interest and belief in the band or artist
Prosumers
-Audience as active participantants in the process of both PROducing and conSUMING of media texts
Consumption-
-Buying/downloading/streaming/filesharing music, paying for live convert tickets etc
Web 2.0-
-The second phase of the internet, where the focus shifts from people receiving information and services to people creating and sharing material (music 2.0 is related to this)
Download-
-The practise of selecting and receiving digital information from an online source on a computer, as opposed to sending it by upload
Streaming-
-A method of relaying data over a computer network as a steady continuous stream, allowing playback to proceed while subsequent data is being received
Peer to Peer-
-The sharing of media material between two parties in an equal relationship
Piracy-
-Distribution of media material that infringes copyright law
Portability / Miniaturisation-
-The quality of being light enough to be carried (iphone & Djay app anyone?)
Sampling-
-the technique of digitally encoding music or sound and reusing it as part of a composition or recording - you have done this with your mash ups
Artists and Repertoire (A&R)-
-Is the division of a record label that is responsible for talent scouting and overseeing the artistic development of recording artists. It also acts as a liaison between artists and the record label. They use your followers/friends on social media now to make this judgement
Record Deal - Contract - Royalties-
-A recording deal is a legal agreement between a record label and a recording artist or group, where the artist makes a record or series of records for the label to sell and promote
Distribution-
-Promoting music and getting it into shops, on the radio and downloaded for payment
Plugging / Marketing-
-The transmission of information about a media text to a target audience in such a way as to maximise its appeal to that audience
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