Shepherd, Tamara (2009) "Rotten Tomatoes" in the field of popular cultural production. Canadian Journal of Film Studies, 18 (2). pp. 26-44. ISSN 0847-5911
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RottenTomatoes.com is a film review site that aggregates reviews from various journalistic and non-professional sources, offering a comprehensive resource for casual users as well as an online community of film buffs. This paper considers how Rotten Tomatoes functions as an example of online film criticism within the context of a field of popular cultural production. Rotten Tomatoes is situated within the enterprise of film criticism, as well as the global networks of media conglomerates. I argue that the commercial underpinnings of online film criticism results in the renegotiation of traditional critical functions as well as popular involvement in film communities. Rotten Tomatoes provides a case study of how popular discourses operate in contemporary culture industries that are marked by convergence.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.filmstudies.ca/journal/cjfs/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2009 Canadian Journal of Film Studies |
| Divisions: | Media and Communications |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and Communications P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1993 Motion Pictures Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > ZA Information resources > ZA4050 Electronic information resources |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Sep 2014 15:34 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 23:38 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/59452 |
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