Introducing the Creative Industries: From Theory to Practice
Rosamund Davies
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This book shows you how to spot opportunities and use your knowledge and savvy to take kickstart your career in this fast-moving industry. It is an essential guidebook for students of creativity in media and communication, design, creative industries and business.
"This text does a sterling job at identifying, outlining and defining the many elements that go to make up this booming sector of industry. What makes it particularly interesting is that it includes the view of the creative industries from the perspective of working in it, then the definitions of what products and producers are involved, and ends with the broader picture of the creative economy and predictions for future trends. Add to this that they include both theory and practice, and this really is an all-round guide to the vast domain that is loosely titled ′the creative industries′" ... Read more
- Interweaves theoretical concepts and professional practice on every page
- Uses cultural economy to teach the essential concepts and thinkers
- Integrates case studies from fashion and gaming to journalism and music
- Teaches strategies for navigating the links between skills, industries, creativity and markets.
This book shows you how to spot opportunities and use your knowledge and savvy to take kickstart your career in this fast-moving industry. It is an essential guidebook for students of creativity in media and communication, design, creative industries and business.
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Product Details
Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
508g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849205733
SKU
V9781849205733
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Rosamund Davies
Rosamund Davies has a background in professional practice in the film and television industries, in which she worked with both independent production companies and public funding bodies. As script editor and story consultant for Film London, she oversaw the development of around 100 projects. Rosamund has been a lecturer in creative and media writing at the University of Greenwich ... Read more
Reviews for Introducing the Creative Industries: From Theory to Practice
With the rapid growth in opportunities to work in the creative industries, there is a need for books that clearly outline the key issues. With a book rich with case studies and definitional materials, Davies and Sigthorsson have admirably met this challenge. Professor Terry Flew Queensland University of Technology Full, fresh and fun, but also hard ... Read more