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Mapping co-production and co-distribution relations in the Brazilian cinema: an analysis under the light of the network theory

Abstract

The formation of networks comprising firms and stakeholders from the communication industry with the environments of interest for this economic activity is noticed as a topic of interest in the area. Thus, this article proposes to map and analyse the social interactions in the Brazilian cinematographic production and distribution, presenting network relations as a way of management of the economic actors operating in the Brazilian cinema industry. Data were gathered through information available in the Brazilian Observatory for Cinema and Audio-visual about Brazilian movies released between 1995 and 2015. As results, it was verified that in this period were released 1,251 movies, being identified 613 producers and 218 distributors. Only 53 producers were involved in co-productions and only 137 movies were co-distributed. Through the analysis of the social network structural measures, it was possible to verify that the Brazilian cinematographic market is concentrated and has few relations of cooperation.

Keywords
Cinema; Social networks; Partnership; Cinematographic production

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