Cultural Diversity in the French Film Industry Defending the Cultural Exception in a Digital Age /

• Main Author: Walkley, Sarah (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: New Directions in Cultural Policy Research
• Subjects: Cultural policy.; Mass media-Political aspects.; Motion pictures-European influences.; Motion pictures.; Cultural Policy and Politics.; Media Policy.; European Cinema and TV.; Film/TV Industry.

This is the first book to examine whether France's ongoing defence of the cultural exception as a means to maintain cultural policies and defend cultural diversity is justifiable in the digital age. It questions whether the arrival of new players such as Apple and Netflix makes defence impossib...

Table of Contents:

• List of figures
• List of tables
• Table of abbreviations
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Influence & identity: French motivation for defending cultural diversity
• 3. French film policy: Principles and practice
• 4. The trade and culture clash: The background to the current stalemate
• 5. The digital revolution: Evolving demand v. consistent policy making
• 6. Cultural diversity re-examined: The case for rethinking French film policy
• 7. The market test: Assessing cultural policy and cultural diversity in France
• 8. Conclusion
• Appendix
• Index.