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Introduction : creative industries and cities
No full textThe 2000s were marked by a resurgence of interest in\ud
creativity and cities. If the rapid global proliferation of the Internet and digital media technologies in the 1990s had\ud
set off enthusiasm for a post-industrial ‘new economy’,\ud
where the significance of location would be in decline, the\ud
2000s saw an energetic search by artists, entrepreneurs,\ud
investors, policy-makers, journalists and many others to\ud
uncover the well-springs of creativity and its relationship\ud
to place (Flew 2012a). This chapter begins with a\ud
discussion of the discourses or ‘scripts’ that have emerged\ud
to try and conceptualise the relationship between creativity\ud
and cities, notably theories of creative clusters, creative\ud
cities and creative class theories. Such work can be seen\ud
as representing a growth in the field of cultural economic\ud
geography although – as is noted in the chapter – it\ud
possesses some significant gaps. Among the issues that\ud
are drawn out in this book, and discussed in this chapter,\ud
are: the need to move beyond ‘imagined geographies’ of\ud
creative inner cities and come to terms with empirical\ud
evidence that suggests significant concentrations of the\ud
creative workforce in suburbs and regional cities; the\ud
relevance of urban cultural policy as a variable in the rise\ud
of cities as creative hubs or, in a different model, media\ud
capitals; and the challenges of bringing together cultural\ud
research with economic discourses in ways that get beyond\ud
caricatured representations of the ‘other’, as found, for\ud
instance, in some of the most influential framings of the\ud
concept of neo-liberalism
Consumer trends in digital news and information in Australia
No full textWe all know that the future of news is digital. But mainstream news providers are still grappling with how to entice more customers to their online sites. This paper provides context for a survey currently underway on user intentions towards online news and entertainment, by exploring:\ud
1. Consumer behaviours and intentions with regards to accessing online news and information; \ud
2. Current trends in the Australian online news and information sector; and\ud
3. Key issues and emerging opportunities in the Australian (and global) environment.\ud
Key influences on use of online news and information are pricing and access. The paper highlights emerging technical opportunities and flags service gaps. \ud
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These gaps include multiple disconnects between: \ud
1. Changing user intentions towards online and location based news (news based on a specific locality as chosen by the user) and information; \ud
2. The ability by consumers to act on these intentions via the availability and cost of technologies;\ud
3. Younger users may prefer entertainment to news, or ‘infotainment’; and\ud
4. Current online offerings of traditional news providers and opportunities.\ud
These disconnects present an opportunity for online news suppliers to appraise and resolve. Doing so may enhance their online news and information offering, attract consumers and improve loyalty.\ud
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Outcomes from this paper will be used to identify knowledge gaps and contribute to the development of further analysis on Australian consumers and their behaviours and intentions towards online news and information. This will be undertaken via focus groups as part of a broader study.\u
National media regulations in an age of convergent media: Beyond globalisation, neo-liberalism and internet freedom theories
No full textThere is a widely held view that the nation-state has become less central to media and communications policy over the last two decades. As Jan van Cuilenberg and Denis McQuail (2003, p. 181) observed in their overview of trends in communications policy-making, 'the old normative media policies have been challenged and policy-makers are searching for a new communications policy paradigm'. There are characteristically five factors put forward as to why the nation-state has become less central to media in the twenty-first centur
Global Media and National Policies : The Return of the State
No full textConventional wisdom views globalization as a process that heralds the diminishing role or even 'death' of the state and the rise of transnational media and transnational consumption, that defy state control or regulation. This book questions these assumptions and shows that the nation-state never left and is still a force to be reckoned with
Creative industries after the first decade of debate
No full textIt has now been over a decade since the concept of creative industries was first put into the public domain by the Blair Labour government’s Creative Industries Mapping Documents in Britain. The concept has gained traction globally, but it has also been understood and developed in different ways in Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and North America, as well as through international bodies such as UNCTAD and UNESCO. A review of the policy literature reveals that although questions and issues remain around definitional coherence, there is some degree of consensus emerging about the size, scope, and significance of the sectors in question in both advanced and developing economies. At the same time, debate about the concept remains highly animated in media, communication, and cultural studies, with its critics dismissing the concept outright as a harbinger of neoliberal ideology in the cultural sphere. This article couches such critiques in light of recent debates surrounding the intellectual coherence of the concept of neoliberalism, arguing that this term itself possesses problems when taken outside of the Anglo-American context in which it originated. It is argued that issues surrounding the nature of participatory media culture, the relationship between cultural production and economic innovation, and the future role of public cultural institutions can be developed from within a creative industries framework and that writing off such arguments as a priori ideological and flawed does little to advance debates about twentieth-century information and media culture
Understanding global media
No full textUnderstanding Global Media offers a timely and comprehensive overview of global media production and circulation. Grounded in extensive case study material in order to illustrate key debates, the book analyzes media industries, production, content, audiences and policies on an international scale. Written by a leading author, it is both a thorough synthesis of existing academic work and an ambitious statement of new research directions. Drawing insight from a range of perspectives, including politics, political economy, media and cultural studies, and economic and cultural geography, this book is an essential guide to understanding media in a global era
Sean Nixon, Advertising Cultures (review)
No full textAt the core of Sean Nixon’s very engaging Advertising\ud
Cultures lies a straightforward proposition. Nixon\ud
proposes that, in order to understand advertising in\ud
particular, and commercial applications of creativity in\ud
what are increasingly termed the ‘creative industries’,\ud
there is a need to understand the workplace cultures of\ud
people engaged in creative advertising. Nixon does this\ud
through a tightly argued ethnographic study of creative\ud
workers in London advertising agencies, and the\ud
workplace cultures of these agencies. From this, he\ud
draws out a unique and very valuable series of\ud
observations about creativity, its relationship to gendered\ud
identities (particularly to masculinity), and the\ud
relationship between competitiveness and collaboration\ud
in highly competitive commercial workplaces
Global Creative Industries
No full textThe creative industries are the subject of growing attention among policy-makers, academics, activists, artists and development specialists worldwide. This engaging book provides a global overview of developments in the creative industries, and analyses how these developments relate to wider debates about globalization, cities, culture and the global creative economy.\ud
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Flew considers creative industries from six angles: industries; production; consumption; markets; places; and policies. Designed for the non-specialist, the text includes insightful and wide-ranging case studies on topics such as: fashion; design thinking; global culture; creative occupations; monopoly and competition; Shanghai and Seoul as creative cities; popular music and urban cultural policy; and the rise of “Nollywood”.\ud
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Global Creative Industries will be of great interest to students and scholars of media and communications, cultural studies, economics, geography, sociology, design, public policy, and the arts. It will also be of value to those working in the creative industries, and involved in their development
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