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.