The Pop Music Business (Hardcover)

A study of the pop music business covering the history of the record industry; how the industry works; the role of pop music in radio, cinema, TV, video and youth culture; and the implications of new technology.;The book opens with a chapter that covers early sound recording and the technological developments that followed and explores the workings and structure of the record industry. The book moves on to investigate the importance of pop music in radio and TV broadcasting, cinema, video and the popular press and the influence of pop music in youth culture.;The book closes with a chapter on new technology and the effects these could have on pop music in the future.;This series on the media aims to present a picture of the impact of the mass media on society and is intended as background reading for GCSE studies and Standard Grade in Scotland. The series designer is David Armitage and the author is education editor of "Independent media" magazine.;The text is complemented by a glossary, a bibliography and sources of further information.