Making Media: Production, Practices, and Professions

What does it mean and what does it take to make media? How do the various media professions – in film, television, games and software, journalism, advertising, and music – work? What is the lived experience of media workers within the global media industries? This volume addresses these questions, featuring a series of authoritative essays by those at the cutting edge of media production studies. Featuring a comprehensive review of contemporary developments and debates in media industries and production research, with a specific focus on: - History of media industries and professions. - Production studies (as a field and a research method). - Media business, economics and management. - Professional cultures and identities. - Global concentration and convergence of media industries. - The rapid rise of media startups. - Freelancing in the digital age. - The role of creativity and innovation. - The emotional quality of media work.