Blog #6

Odai Aalloh         

Annotated bibliography

My topic is Globalization in Hollywood. My topic will be about the effects of globalization on Hollywood and how it affects it. I am interested in this topic because, Hollywood and movies is something that I want to work with in the future. I want to know more about the impacts of globalization on Hollywood through the last decades. Also how technology helped in globalization.   

•  De, Z., Richard, N., & Otto. (2002). Globalization, soft power and the challenge of Hollywood. Contemporary Politics, 8, 185-202. doi:10.1080/1356977022000025678.

This article will help me know the impact of the soft elements of globalization on Hollywood. Also it shows the historical perspective of Hollywood development.   

• Wang, S. (2003). Recontextualizing Copyright: Piracy, Hollywood, the State, and Globalization. Cinema Journal, 43, 25-43.

This article examines issues of transnational copyright governance. Also under examination are the role of the state in its relations with transnational trade and legal regimes, Hollywood's struggle in fighting piracy, and the impact of digital technology on the market.

•  John, M. (2011). Teaching Institutional Analysis to Fourth-Year Cinema and Media Studies Majors. Cinema Journal, 50, 89-91.

This article examines the motion picture industry from the point of view of small market companies in Canada and their relationship with the global media industry of Hollywood in Los Angeles, California.

• Inarritu, A. G. (2007). Hollywood Must Portray Point of View of Others. NPQ: New Perspectives Quarterly, 24, 6-9. doi:10.1111/j.1540-5842.2007.00873.

In this article one of Hollywood's top producers, Mike Medavoy, and the Oscar-nominated director of Babel, Alejandro González Iñárritu share their thoughts about Hollywood and globalization.

• Olson, S. R. (2000). The Globalization of Hollywood. International Journal on World Peace, 17, 3-17.

This article shows that Brazil, Hong Kong, and other centers of international television and film production have joined with the United States in forming a global Hollywood media aesthetic in the scramble for audiences. It says also that those countries particularly successful in exporting film and television are microcosms of international audience taste and I think that will help.

• Hyun-key, K. (2013). The Korean Wave: An Asian Reaction to Western-Dominated Globalization. Perspectives on Global Development & Technology, 12, 135-151. doi:10.1163/15691497-12341247.

This article will help me know what Asian countries (Korea) think about Hollywood. It also compares Hollywood with the Korean Cinema in terms of globalization.

• Philippa, G. (2012). The Asian Renovation of Biracial Buddy Action: Negotiating Globalization in the Millennial Hollywood Cop Action Film. Journal of Popular Film & Television, 40, 83-93. doi:10.1080/01956051.2011.636394.

This article shows how Hollywood's adoption of Hong Kong action stars and action cinema conventions has renovated the American genre of the cop action film for the new millennium with myths of transnational cooperation.

• Elena, O. (2012). Images of Love and Money in Hollywood Cinema: Changing Patterns in the Last Decades. International Journal of the Image, 2, 113-125.

I think this article will help know the changes in Hollywood Cinema in the last decades. The article also describes how it changed from the past to now.

Blog #5

Odai Aalloh

Hollywood and Globalization

How the globalization affects Hollywood to become one of the most popular cities in producing movies?

What I know about globalization is that the world is smaller by making domestic things worldwide. All I can think of when I see the word globalization are movies. Since I am interested in movies and theater, I will write about movies, how the movies are international or worldwide. Also I will write about the movies in my country Saudi Arabia. Since we have only one movie in Saudi Arabia, I think that doesn’t help in making the world know a lot about us as a religious Middle East county.

-          I want to know how Hollywood became so famous, and how the globalization helped to improve making good actors and actresses.

-          I found a PDF file from EPSCOHOST that could help me answer my research question.

-          I think by April 20 I will finish my research paper. I will try to manage writing my research paper in steps by going to the Writing Center.

I’m doing this research because I’m interested in Hollywood and acting. This research is important to me and I want to explore more in this field. My topic is important because it helps people from other countries to understand, learn, and entertain about cultures and movies.