Making Media Work : : Cultures of Management in the Entertainment Industries / / ed. by Derek Johnson, Avi Santo, Derek Kompare.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• MitwirkendeR: Barnett, Kyle,; Bennett, James,; Brannon Donoghue, Courtney,; Ellcessor, Elizabeth,; Evans, Elizabeth,; Ford, Sam,; Havens, Timothy,; Hill, Erin,; Johnson, Derek,; Kompare, Derek,; Lotz, Amanda D.,; Ouellette, Laurie,; Russo, Alexander,; Santo, Avi,; Strange, Niki,; Wyatt, Justin,
• HerausgeberIn: Johnson, Derek,; Kompare, Derek,; Santo, Avi,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Critical Cultural Communication ; 17
• Physical Description: 1 online resource :; 4 black and white illustrations

The management and labor culture of the entertainment industry. In popular culture, management in the media industry isfrequently understood as the work of network executives, studio developers, andmarket researchers-“the suits”-who oppose the more productive forces ofcreative talent and subject tha...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Introduction. Discourses, Dispositions, Tactics
• I. Discourses
• 1. Building Theories of Creative Industry Managers
• 2. Towards a Structuration Theory of Media Intermediaries
• 3. Linear Legacies
• 4. Enterprising Selves
• II. Dispositions
• 5. Record Men
• 6. Re-Casting the Casting Director
• 7. Brazilian Film Management Culture and Partnering with os majors
• 8. Constructing Social Media’s Indie Auteurs
• III. Tactics
• 9. “Selling Station Personality”
• 10. Tweeting on the BBC
• 11. Market Research in the Media Industries
• 12. Listening and Empathizing
• Bibliography
• Contributors
• Index