Media Occupations and Professions
A Reader
Published on 7. December 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
316 pages
978-0-19-874246-3 (ISBN)
Description
Journalists, television producers, and other media workers are members of newly powerful occupations, yet no broad study of media workers has until now been attempted. Media Occupations and Professions is the first major attempt to consider a broad range of media occupations and their historical development.
This collection of essays confronts numerous occupational controversies and dilemmas: can a valid distinction be made between media 'crafts' and media 'professions'? What are the differences between media moguls, media barons, and media stars? Are media workers becoming not only more powerful, but also more insecure? How predictable are media careers and why do media occupations have such chaotic entry patterns? Media occupations are strongly influenced by national politics and culture; so this book includes pieces about media occupations not only in the USA and UK, but also in Africa, Australia, China, France, Germany, Japan, and Russia.
This collection of essays confronts numerous occupational controversies and dilemmas: can a valid distinction be made between media 'crafts' and media 'professions'? What are the differences between media moguls, media barons, and media stars? Are media workers becoming not only more powerful, but also more insecure? How predictable are media careers and why do media occupations have such chaotic entry patterns? Media occupations are strongly influenced by national politics and culture; so this book includes pieces about media occupations not only in the USA and UK, but also in Africa, Australia, China, France, Germany, Japan, and Russia.
Reviews / Votes
"The sheer variety of reports gathered here...provide much food for thought about the human and personal factors in media change." Ian Christie, Professor of Film and Media History, Birkbeck College, University of London "Well-known media sociologist Jeremy Tunstall has compiled an interesting and wide-ranging reader that addresses the subject of media occupations and professions across a variety of time periods and across a variety of national contexts." Philip M Napoli, The International Journal of Media Management, Vol 4 No 3. "As a chronicle of the past and present of media occupations and professions around the world .... Tunstall's collection is a useful resource for academics, professionals and students." Philip M Napoli, The International Journal of Media Management, Vol 4 No 3.More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
488 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-874246-3 (9780198742463)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Jeremy Tunstall is Professor of Sociology at City University and the author of numerous works on the media, media policy, and media workers. His most recent books include Newspaper Power (1996) and The Anglo-American Media Connection (1999), both published by Oxford University Press.
Content
SECTION 1: ORIGINS ; SECTION 2: MOGULS AND BARONS ; SECTION 3: STARS ; SECTION 4: PROFESSIONALIZING MEDIA OCUUPATIONS ; SECTION 5: NATIONAL AND REGIONAL OVERVIEWS OF MEDIA OCCUPATIONS