Navigating Work in the US Media Industries

A Critical Introduction
1. Auflage 2027
ISBN: 978-0-367-52013-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 290 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Navigating Work in the US Media Industries offers a critical introduction to launching a career and working in the U.S. media industries.

Drawing on interviews with industry professionals ranging from production assistants to CEOs, this book demystifies Hollywood's cultures, practices, terms, and norms. Along with sharing these professionals’ experiences, the authors model how to analyse career insights as industry discourse, teaching readers to critically examine how different positions, identities, and career stages can influence one’s experiences in and conceptions of the media industries. Each of the thirteen chapters provides topical overviews, defines essential terms, contextualizes interview excerpts, poses discussion questions, and closes with recommended readings. Topics covered range from securing beneficial internships to navigating labor organizations, from financing independent films to measuring audience reactions. By grounding concepts like authorship, conglomeration, and financialization in the lived experiences of working professionals, this book equips future media professionals with the tools needed to engage with industry discourse, contextualize career advice, and navigate potential obstacles they may encounter in their careers.

This book is an invaluable resource for students, scholars, and aspiring professionals wishing to better understand the business of film, television, and digital media, and essential reading for those seeking a future career in the U.S. media industries.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Perren, Alisa

Willard, Lesley

Kunze, Peter C.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Jordan Levin

Acknowledgements

Preface: A Teacher’s Guide to Navigating Work in the US Media Industries

Getting Started: A Student’s Introduction to Navigating Work in the US Media Industries

Chapter 1: Creativity and Commerce

Chapter 2: Continuity and Change

Chapter 3: Conglomeration and Convergence

Chapter 4: Internships and First Steps

Chapter 5: Agencies and Talent Representation

Chapter 6: Unions and (In)Formal Networks

Chapter 7: Location and Production Hubs

Chapter 8: Workflows and Production Cultures

Chapter 9: Authorship and Creative Collaboration

Chapter 10: Financing and Distribution

Chapter 11: Business Models and Advertising

Chapter 12: Audiences and Reception Practices

Chapter 13: Education and Training

Appendix 1: Glossary

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Peter C. Kunze is Assistant Professor of Communication at Tulane University. His research and teaching focuses on US media history, media aesthetics, industry studies, convergence culture, and children’s media. He is the author of Staging a Comeback: Broadway, Hollywood, and the Disney Renaissance (2023), and the editor or co-editor of several other titles.

Lesley Willard is Assistant Professor of Media Studies in the School of Film, Television, & Media Arts at Emerson College. Her research explores the impact of emerging technologies on labor conditions in the U.S. media industries. Her work has featured in A Tumblr Book (2020) and A Fan Studies Primer (2020).

Alisa Perren is Professor in the Department of Radio-Television-Film at the University of Texas at Austin. She is author of Indie, Inc.: Miramax and the Transformation of Hollywood in the 1990s (2012), co-author of The American Comic Book Industry and Hollywood (2021), and co-editor of Media Industries: History, Theory, and Method (2009).