The social science of cinema /edited by James C. Kaufman, Dean Keith Simonton.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, (c)2013.
- 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Social science of the cinema: fade in / The creation. Writing for success: screenplays and cinematic impact / Sell by date? examining the shelf life and effects of female actors in popular films / Resolving the paradox of film music through a cognitive narrative approach to film comprehension / The audience. What type of movie person are you? understanding individual differences in film preferences and uses: a psychographic approach / Film through the human visual system: finding patterns and limits / Self and the cinematic experience in the age of electronic transmission / The production. The producer-director dyad: managing the faultline between art and commerce / Networks and rewards among Hollywood artists: evidence for a social structural ordering of creativity / Strategic assets and performance across institutional environments / The reception. Analyzing the Academy Awards: factors associated with winning and when surprises occur / Responses to and judgments of acting on film / As good as it gets? Blockbusters and the inequality of box office results since 1950 / Social science of the cinema: fade out / James C. Kaufman and Dean Keith Simonton -- Dean Keith Simonton -- Stacy L. Smith, Amy Granados, Marc Choueiti and Katherine M. Pieper -- Annabel Cohen -- Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Andrea Kallias, and Anne Hsu -- Jordan E. DeLong, Kaitlin L. Brunick, and James E. Cutting -- Gerald C. Cupchik and Michelle C. Hilscher -- Joris J. Ebbers, Nachoem M. Wijnberg, and Pawan V. Bhansing -- Gino Cattani and Simone Ferriani -- Allègre L. Hadida -- Iain Pardoe and Dean Keith Simonton -- Thalia R. Goldstein -- Victor Fernandez-Blanco, Victor Ginsburgh, Juan Prieto-Rodriguez, and Sheila Weyers -- Joshua Butler and James C. Kaufman.