Media Work

The media are home to an eclectic bunch of people. This book is about who they are, what they do, and what their work means to them. Based on interviews with media professionals in the United States, New Zealand, South Africa, and The Netherlands, and drawing from both scholarly and professional literatures in a wide variety of disciplines, it offers an account of what it is like to work in the media today.

Media professionals face tough choices. Boundaries are drawn and erased: between commerce and creativity, between individualism and teamwork, between security and independence. Digital media supercharge these dilemmas, as industries merge and media converge, as audiences become co-creators of content online.

The media industries are the pioneers of the digital age. This book is a critical primer on how media workers manage to survive, and is essential reading for anyone considering a career in the media, or who wishes to understand how the media are made.

Author: Mark Deuze
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: 09/04/2007
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 8.28h x 6.38w x 0.86d
ISBN: 9780745639253

About the Author
Mark Deuze is Assistant Professor of Telecommunications at Indiana University.

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