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Record Nr.

UNINA9910219864103321

Titolo

Collaborative production in the creative industries [[electronic resource] /] / edited by James Graham and Alessandro Gandini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, UK : , : University of Westminster Press, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-911534-29-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxxiv, 229 pages) : illustrations (some colour); digital, PDF file(s)

Soggetti

Cultural industries - Technological innovations

Mass media - 21st century

Mass media and culture

Mass media and the arts

Motion picture industry - Technological innovations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

In recent years research into creative labour and cultural work has usually addressed the politics of production in these fields, but the sociotechnical and aesthetic dimensions of collaborative creative work have been somewhat overlooked. This book aims to address this gap. Through case studies that range from TV showrunning to independent publishing, from the film industry to social media platforms such as Tumblr and Wattpad, this collection develops a critical understanding of the integral role collaboration plays in contemporary media and culture. It draws attention to diverse kinds of creative collaboration afforded via the intermediation of digital platforms and networked publics. It considers how these are incorporated into emergent market paradigms and investigates the complicated forms of subjectivity that develop as a consequence. But it also acknowledges historical continuities, not least in terms of the continued exploitation of ‘support personnel’ and of resulting artistic conflicts but also of alternative models that resist the precarious nature of contemporary



cultural work. Finally, this volume attempts to situate creative collaboration in broader social and economic contexts, where the experience and outcomes of such work have proved more problematic than the rich potential of their promise would lead us to expect.