Sociology of cinema and its audiences

Sociology of Cinema and Its Audiences Author: Emmanuel Ethis Translator: Salma Mubarak Publisher: Dar Ma'na About the Book Since the beginnings of the seventh art until today, it has become clear that cinema constitutes the most popular participatory cultural practice worldwide. Cinema intertwines with our lives; its films and stories, with their stars, speak to us. We turn to it to help us understand our world, and we invoke it to express a part of ourselves. But how was cinema able to occupy this distinguished position with the audience? How did the "cinema hall" settle with its rituals and symbols at the heart of city practices? And what are the forms of reception and interaction with it? Emmanuel Ethis's book raises these questions and presents the reference answers provided by sociology, making this book a reference tool for the sociology of culture and for all those interested in cinema, including theoretical presentations, empirical data, and in-depth analyses that show how cinema practice is evolving today toward greater adaptation to viewers' personal choices, who now watch what they select from a broad heritage available on their mobile devices, while the cinema hall continues to exist as a primary space for building future audiences.