Media Occupations and Professions

A Reader
Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-0-19-874246-3
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 316 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 488 g

Reihe: Oxford Readers in Media and Communication Series

Journalists, television producers, and other media workers are members of newly powerful occupations, yet no broad study of media workers has until now been attempted. Media Occupations and Professions is the first major attempt to consider a broad range of media occupations and their historical development.

This collection of essays confronts numerous occupational controversies and dilemmas: can a valid distinction be made between media 'crafts' and media 'professions'? What are the differences between media moguls, media barons, and media stars? Are media workers becoming not only more powerful, but also more insecure? How predictable are media careers and why do media occupations have such chaotic entry patterns? Media occupations are strongly influenced by national politics and culture; so
this book includes pieces about media occupations not only in the USA and UK, but also in Africa, Australia, China, France, Germany, Japan, and Russia.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tunstall, Jeremy

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft Presse & Journalismus
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft Radio- und Fernsehindustrie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft Verlagswesen
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Journalismus & Presse

Über Autor(innen)

Jeremy Tunstall is Professor of Sociology at City University and the author of numerous works on the media, media policy, and media workers. His most recent books include Newspaper Power (1996) and The Anglo-American Media Connection (1999), both published by Oxford University Press.