Raúl Rodríguez-Ferrándiz
Biographic Data
| ID | 1679499 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Raúl Rodríguez-Ferrándiz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Raúl |
| FAMILY NAME | Rodríguez-Ferrándiz |
| SIGNATURE | RODRÍGUEZ-FERRÁNDIZ R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat d’Alacant , Alacant , Spain |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Faith in fakes
This paper offers a re-reading of the works of Umberto Eco, be they academic, journalistic or literary, with apseudologictone: his desire to investigate the mechanisms of lying, and their relation with fiction, falsification, error, secrecy, and conspiracy. The study will review some of his main academic texts in the fields of semiotics, rhetoric, and aesthetics, and will make some references to his recent novels and essay compilations, as well a…
Culture Industries in a Postindustrial Age
This article reviews the evolution of the concept of culture industries, when neither industry nor culture themselves are today what they were at the time when the term was coined. It attempts to explain the dilution of the term into more nebulous terms (“leisure industries,” “entertainment industries” or “creative industries”) and suggests new challenges for the research on culture industries. What is at stake is no longer an application of a Fo…
From Cultural Industries to Entertainment and Creative Industries. The Boundaries of the Cultural Field
This article analyzes the current trend towards dilution of the concept of «cultural industries» and the increasing usage of terms such as «entertainment industries», «leisure industries» or even «creative industries». We review recent specialized literature, identify overlapping between the above terms and conclude that this change is a new turning point in the concept of culture, closely associated with new spaces and times for its enjoyment, w…
Paratextual Activity
Fictional transmedia universes have been the objects of communication research throughout the last ten years. There has been such a proliferation of these universes that it can be argued that a ‘transmedia turn’ has occurred in research on the narratives of the early 21st century. This has generated interest in avant la lettre transmedia universes, i.e., not only those universes created after The Matrix and The Blair Witch Project, but even those…
From Cultural Industries to Entertainment and Creative Industries. The Boundaries of the Cultural Field
This article analyzes the current trend towards dilution of the concept of «cultural industries» and the increasing usage of terms such as «entertainment industries», «leisure industries» or even «creative industries». We review recent specialized literature, identify overlapping between the above terms and conclude that this change is a new turning point in the concept of culture, closely associated with new spaces and times for its enjoyment, w…
Faith in fakes
This paper offers a re-reading of the works of Umberto Eco, be they academic, journalistic or literary, with apseudologictone: his desire to investigate the mechanisms of lying, and their relation with fiction, falsification, error, secrecy, and conspiracy. The study will review some of his main academic texts in the fields of semiotics, rhetoric, and aesthetics, and will make some references to his recent novels and essay compilations, as well a…
Paratextual Activity
Fictional transmedia universes have been the objects of communication research throughout the last ten years. There has been such a proliferation of these universes that it can be argued that a ‘transmedia turn’ has occurred in research on the narratives of the early 21st century. This has generated interest in avant la lettre transmedia universes, i.e., not only those universes created after The Matrix and The Blair Witch Project, but even those…
From Cultural Industries to Entertainment and Creative Industries. The Boundaries of the Cultural Field
This article analyzes the current trend towards dilution of the concept of «cultural industries» and the increasing usage of terms such as «entertainment industries», «leisure industries» or even «creative industries». We review recent specialized literature, identify overlapping between the above terms and conclude that this change is a new turning point in the concept of culture, closely associated with new spaces and times for its enjoyment, w…
Culture Industries in a Postindustrial Age
This article reviews the evolution of the concept of culture industries, when neither industry nor culture themselves are today what they were at the time when the term was coined. It attempts to explain the dilution of the term into more nebulous terms (“leisure industries,” “entertainment industries” or “creative industries”) and suggests new challenges for the research on culture industries. What is at stake is no longer an application of a Fo…
Faith in fakes
This paper offers a re-reading of the works of Umberto Eco, be they academic, journalistic or literary, with apseudologictone: his desire to investigate the mechanisms of lying, and their relation with fiction, falsification, error, secrecy, and conspiracy. The study will review some of his main academic texts in the fields of semiotics, rhetoric, and aesthetics, and will make some references to his recent novels and essay compilations, as well a…
Sociology (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Creative industries (2 works) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (2 works) · Entertainment (2 works) · Entertainment industry (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Literature (2 works)