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Dr Amy Davis' Outputs (9)

Streaming with the Mouse: Disney's Entrance into Direct-to-Consumer Streaming and Implications for the Future of Entertainment (2024)
Journal Article
Havard, C. T., & Davis, A. (2024). Streaming with the Mouse: Disney's Entrance into Direct-to-Consumer Streaming and Implications for the Future of Entertainment. Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, 27(1), 75-93. https://doi.org/10.33178/alpha.27.07

Throughout its one-hundred-year history, The Walt Disney Company has utilised many innovative tactics for promoting their products and engaging with consumers. This article highlights the use of direct-to-consumer streaming by the company as a way to... Read More about Streaming with the Mouse: Disney's Entrance into Direct-to-Consumer Streaming and Implications for the Future of Entertainment.

"On 'Love Experts,' Evil Princes, Gullible Princesses, and Frozen" (2022)
Book Chapter
Davis, A. (2022). "On 'Love Experts,' Evil Princes, Gullible Princesses, and Frozen". In N. Brown (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Children's Film (649-670). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190939359.001.0001

Frozen’s release in 2013 began a period of unprecedented popular and commercial success for an animated feature; several years after its cinematic release, Frozen remains a merchandizing and entertainment phenomenon. Additionally, it has spawned mult... Read More about "On 'Love Experts,' Evil Princes, Gullible Princesses, and Frozen".

Structured Abstract: Purveyors of Pixie Dust, Being “Mickey Mouse Minded” Through Merchandise and People Management (2017)
Book Chapter
Williams, C. H., & Davis, A. (2017). Structured Abstract: Purveyors of Pixie Dust, Being “Mickey Mouse Minded” Through Merchandise and People Management. In M. Stieler (Ed.), Creating Marketing Magic and Innovative Future Marketing Trends (743-747). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45596-9_143

In 1931, Roy Disney Sr. noted that “The sale of a doll to any member of a household is a daily advertisement in that household for our cartoons and keeps them all ‘Mickey Mouse-Minded’”. That the Disney Company was aware of the significance of mercha... Read More about Structured Abstract: Purveyors of Pixie Dust, Being “Mickey Mouse Minded” Through Merchandise and People Management.

How time works in the Simpsons (2015)
Journal Article
Gilboy, J., Davis, A. M., & Zborowski, J. (2015). How time works in the Simpsons. Animation : an interdisciplinary journal, 10(3), 175-188. https://doi.org/10.1177/1746847715602403

© The Author(s) 2015. This article uses two groups of case-study episodes to explore the complexities and perplexities that arise from the long-running use of a 'floating timeline' within The Simpsons. First, the conflicting representations of the yo... Read More about How time works in the Simpsons.

The Uncanny and mannequins (2015)
Book Chapter
Davis, A. M., & Pagnoni Berns, F. G. (2015). The Uncanny and mannequins. In F. Pascuzzi, & B. Cracchiolo (Eds.), Dreamscapes in Italian Cinema (19-34). Fairleigh Dickinson University Press/Rowman & Littlefield