Digital effects in the spatial economy of film: towards a research agenda

Currah, Andrew

doi:10.1111/1475-4762.00111

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“…The manner in which these changes are implemented varies at the firm level, but the more important ones have specific sectoral and geographical characteristics (see Currah [2003a], Leyshon [2001], and Murphy [2003] for analyses of the geographic implications for the film, music, and online grocery industries, respectively) . This latter category—variation in the nature and form of e‐commerce implementation between places—is understandably of particular interest to geographers (Aoyama, 2003; Gibbs, Kraemer, & Dedrick, 2002; Leinbach & Brunn, 2001; Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development, 2001).…”

Section: Human Geographies Of the Internetmentioning

confidence: 99%

The geographies of the internet

Zook

2006

Annual Review Info Sci & Tec

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Section: Human Geographies Of the Internetmentioning

confidence: 99%

The geographies of the internet

Zook

2006

Annual Review Info Sci & Tec

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“…The rise of electronic commodities may threaten the disintermediation of retailers in both physical and virtual space by facilitating direct interaction between cultural producers and consumers. For instance, in autumn 2001 the major studios announced plans to launch video-on-demand websites (which bypass retail intermediaries) to deliver digital film content direct to broadband Internet users around the world (see Currah, 2002b). …”

Section: Distribution Exchange and Product Returnsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Behind the Web Store: The Organisational and Spatial Evolution of Multichannel Retailing in Toronto

Currah

2002

Environ Plan A

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In this paper I address two issues of general relevance to contemporary debates in economic geography: first, the organisational and spatial implications of new information technologies for the economic landscape; and, second, the enduring role of place to digital capitalism. Specifically, I examine the organisational evolution of multichannel retailing in Toronto from a geographical perspective. Bricks-and-mortar retailers are increasingly pursuing a multichannel strategy by operating an Internet-based web store alongside the existing network of physical retail outlets. I therefore evaluate the organisational implications of the adoption of business-to-consumer e-commerce (e-tailing) technology for six Canadian bricks-and-mortar retailers based in Toronto and assess how the associated changes in business structure have been inscribed upon the urban landscape. The argument is developed in three sections. First, I discuss how the formula for competitive advantage in the new (r)etail markets of the developed world has shifted from a pure play to a multichannel organisational paradigm. Second, I provide a background to the development of Canadian e-commerce and an overview of the empirical methodologies employed during the research. Third, the focus of the paper moves ‘behind the web store’ to spatialise the physical places that constitute the fulfilment infrastructure of e-tailing as sequentially linked stages in Internet commodity chains. I evaluate the impact of the Internet commodity chain upon the geographical organisation of each retailer, and, in particular, consider whether the unique logistical requirements of e-tailing have stimulated spatial processes of disintermediation and reintermediation. It is argued that, when read through the lens of Toronto, e-tailing has incurred limited organisational disruption and is characterised by a distinctive geography of integration between online and offline retailing services within the urban space of the city. I conclude the paper by contextualising the findings within themes for conceptual debate in economic geography.

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“…There, personal networks compensate for the disadvantages of "geographic distance" and provide access to "ideas, knowledge, and innovation" (Kerr 2017, 152-153). As is the case with other creative industries like film (Currah 2003), the intensification of networked communities and online product distribution increasingly enable "small producers to produce their work further afield … thereby altering the geographies of production" (Johns 2006, 175). Importantly, as the reach and capacities of digital infrastructure expand, video game production networks and their supply chains have dramatically transformed.…”

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“…Importantly, as the reach and capacities of digital infrastructure expand, video game production networks and their supply chains have dramatically transformed. As is the case with other creative industries like film (Currah 2003), the intensification of networked communities and online product distribution increasingly enable "small producers to produce their work further afield … thereby altering the geographies of production" (Johns 2006, 175). As Johns (2006) highlights, the rise of digital compression technology, for instance, has not only expanded game distribution, but has also fundamentally added to a "weightless economy," albeit an uneven one, that drives the evolution of video production networks and creates the potential for deeper peripherality.…”

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Gaming on the edge: Mobile labour and global talent in Atlantic Canada's video game industry

Pottie‐Sherman¹,

Lynch²

2019

Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes

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Key Messages• Locations in Atlantic Canada are emerging as legitimate nodes in the global video game sector, supported by interactive digital media incentives and post-secondary programs. • The local gaming sector is engaged with a wider gaming habitus, including promoting place attributes and the return migration of Maritimers, Newfoundlanders and other gameworkers. • The sustainability of the regional video game sector requires financial support that takes into consideration the local social, cultural, and economic contexts of gamework.Diminishing returns and advances in telecommunications have prompted large video game firms to seek new locations, outsource production, and develop niche studios, including on Canada's East Coast. In this paper, we examine emerging occupational cultures and trace the origins and evolution of video game production in Canada's Atlantic provinces-a critical yet peripheral space economy in the gaming sector. Our findings are drawn from 30 interviews with gameworkers, studio managers, government officials, and other industry experts. We find this industry to be driven by the confluence of three major factors: (i) provincial governments have supported video game development as a strategic industry via financial incentives; (ii) firms are benefiting from a return migration effect and are repatriating Atlantic Canadian talent from media hubs by selling "home," work-life balance, and an alternative to the punishing gamework culture associated with Silicon Valley; and (iii) post-secondary institutions in the region have improved their talent pipelines through computer science, digital media, and video game development programs.

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Digital effects in the spatial economy of film: towards a research agenda

Cited by 22 publications

References 19 publications

The geographies of the internet

The geographies of the internet

Behind the Web Store: The Organisational and Spatial Evolution of Multichannel Retailing in Toronto

Gaming on the edge: Mobile labour and global talent in Atlantic Canada's video game industry

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