Key Concepts in Creative Industries

This is a one-stop introductory text for students wanting to understand the creative industries, what they are, what they do and how they affect our society.

Author: John Hartley,Jason Potts,Stuart Cunningham
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Published: 11/19/2012
Pages: 200
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.60w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781446202890

About the Author
John Hartley is Professor of Cultural Science and Director of the Centre for Culture & Technology, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. He is author of Digital Futures for Cultural and Media Studies (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012) and Editor of the International Journal of Cultural Studies (SAGE).

Jason Potts is Professor of Economics at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia; winner of the Schumpeter Prize; and author of Creative Industries and Economic Evolution (Edward Elgar, 2011).

Stuart Cunningham is Distinguished Professor of Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia; Director of the CCI; and author of Hidden Innovation (UQP, 2013).

Terry Flew is Professor of Media and Communications at QUT, Brisbane, Australia, and author of The Creative Industries: Culture and Policy (SAGE, 2012).

Michael Keane is Associate Professor of QUT, Brisbane, Australia; Principal Research Fellow at the CCI; and author of China′s New Creative Clusters: Governance, Human Capital and Investment (Routledge, 2011).

John Banks is Senior Lecturer in the Creative Industries Faculty, QUT, Brisbane, Australia; Course leader for the Masters in Creative Industries (MCI); and author of Co-Creating Videogames (Bloomsbury, 2012).

All of the authors are researchers with the Australian Research Council ′Centre of Excellence′ for Creative Industries and Innovation (the CCI).