Creative Labour

<p>What is it like to work in the media? Are media jobs more ‘creative’ than those in other sectors? To answer these questions this book explores the creative industries using a combination of original research and a synthesis of existing studies. </p><p>Through its close analysis of key issues – such as tensions between commerce and creativity the conditions and experiences of workers alienation autonomy self-realization emotional and affective labour self-exploitation and how possible it might be to produce ‘good work’ <em>Creative Labour</em> makes a major contribution to our understanding of the media of work and of social and cultural change. In addition the book undertakes an extensive exploration of the creative industries spanning numerous sectors including television music and journalism.</p><p>This book provides a comprehensive and accessible account of life in the creative industries in the twenty-first century. It is a major piece of research and a valuable study aid for both undergraduate and postgraduate students of subjects including business and management studies sociology of work sociology of culture and media and communications.</p>