James C. Kaufman and Dean Keith Simonton (Eds.)
New York: Oxford University Press (in press)
CONTENTS
Front Matter
1.The social science of cinema: Fade In
James C. Kaufman and Dean Keith Simonton
Section One: The Creation
2. Writing for success: Screenplays and cinematic impact
Dean Keith Simonton
3. Sell by date? Examining the shelf life and effects of female actors
in popular films
Stacy L. Smith, Amy Granados, Marc Choueiti and Katherine M. Pieper
4. Resolving the paradox of film music through a cognitive narrative
approach to film comprehension
Annabel Cohen
Section Two: The Audience
5. What type of movie person are you? Understanding individual differences
in film preferences and uses: A psychographic approach
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Andrea Kallias, and Anne Hsu
6. Film through the human visual system: Finding patterns and
limits
Jordan E. DeLong, Kaitlin L. Brunick, and James E. Cutting
7. Self and the cinematic experience in the age of electronic transmission
Gerald C. Cupchik and Michelle C. Hilscher
Section Three: The Production
8. The producer-director dyad: Managing the faultline between art
and commerce
Joris J. Ebbers, Nachoem M. Wijnberg, and Pawan V. Bhansing
9. Networks and rewards among Hollywood artists: Evidence for a social
structural ordering of creativity
Gino Cattani and Simone Ferriani
10. Strategic assets and performance across institutional environments
Allègre L. Hadida
Section Four: The Reception
11. Analyzing the Academy Awards: Factors associated with winning
and when surprises occur
Iain Pardoe and Dean Keith Simonton
12. Responses to and judgments of acting on film
Thalia R. Goldstein
13. As good as it gets? Blockbusters and the inequality of box office
results since 1950
Victor Fernandez-Blanco, Victor Ginsburgh, Juan Prieto-Rodriguez, and
Sheila Weyers
End Section
14. The social science of cinema: Fade out
Joshua Butler and James C. Kaufman