Making Media Work: Cultures of Management in the Entertainment Industries Contributor(s): Johnson, Derek (Editor), Kompare, Derek (Editor), Santo, Avi (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0814760996 ISBN-13: 9780814760994 Publisher: New York University Press OUR PRICE: $30.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Industries - Media & Communications - Business & Economics | Management - General - Social Science | Media Studies |
Dewey: 302.230 |
LCCN: 2014004213 |
Series: Critical Cultural Communication (Paperback) |
Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5.99" W x 9.11" (0.98 lbs) 336 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The management and labor culture of the entertainment industry. management within the entertainment industries. Drawing from work in critical sociology and cultural studies, the collection theorizes management as a pervasive, yet flexible set of principlesdrawn upon by a wide range of practitioners--artists, talent scouts, performers, directors, show runners, and more--in their ongoing efforts to articulate relationships and bridge potentially discordant forces within the media industries. The contributors interrogate managerial labor and identity, shine a light on how management understands its roles within cultural and creative contexts, and reconfigure the complex relationship between labor and managerial authority as productive rather than solely prohibitive. Engaging with primary evidence gathered through interviews, archives, and trade materials, the essays offer tremendous insight into how management is understood and performed within media industry contexts. The volume as a whole traces the changing roles of management both historically and in the contemporary moment within US and international contexts, and across a range of media forms, from film and television to video games and social media. |
Contributor Bio(s): Johnson, Derek: - Derek Johnson is Assistant Professor of Media and Cultural Studies in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of Media Franchising: Creative License and Collaboration in the Culture Industries and the co-editor of A Companion to Media Authorship.Kompare, Derek: - Derek Kompare is Associate Professor of Film and Media Arts in the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University. He is the author of Rerun Nation: How Repeats Invented American Television and CSI.Santo, Avi: - Avi Santo is Associate Professor and Director of the Institute for the Humanities at Old Dominion University. |