Making Media: Production, Practices, and Professions (PDF)
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- Synopsis
- This book uncovers what it means and what it takes to make media (professionally), focusing on the lived experience of media workers within the global media, including specific case studies of the film, television, games and software, journalism, advertising, and music industries. This carefully edited volume features 35 authoritative essays by 50 researchers from 14 countries across 6 continents, all of whom are at the cutting edge of media production studies. This book is particularly designed for use in coursework on media and cultural production, work, management and industries. It gives readers a critical sense of the key forces, dynamics, and trends shaping the work of those who make media professionally. Specific topics highlighted: - the history of media industries and production studies; - production studies as a field and a research method; - changing media business models, economics, and management; - global concentration and convergence of media industries and professions; - the rise and role of startups and entrepreneurship; - freelancing in the digital age; - the role of creativity and innovation; - the emotional quality of media work; - diversity and inequality in the media industries.
- Copyright:
- 2019
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- ISBN-13:
- 9789462988118
- Publisher:
- Amsterdam University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 02/19/19
- Copyrighted By:
- The authors; Amsterdam University Press B.V.
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Computers and Internet, Business and Finance, Communication
- Submitted By:
- Debbie Morton
- Proofread By:
- N/A
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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