Production Studies

<em>Production Studies </em>is the first volume to bring together a star-studded cast of interdisciplinary media scholars to examine the unique cultural practices of media production. The all-new essays collected here combine ethnographic sociological critical material and political-economic methods to explore a wide range of topics from contemporary industrial trends such as new media and niche markets to gender and workplace hierarchies. Together the contributors seek to understand how the entire span of media producers-ranging from high-profile producers and directors to anonymous stagehands and costume designers-work through professional organizations and informal networks to form communities of shared practices languages and cultural understandings of the world.