Creativity and Cultural Production Issues for Media Practice [Paperback]

Phillip McIntyre?presents the latest scholarly research into creativity and?creative practice.?The book?provides?insights to media practitioners and policy professionals, looking at television, radio, film, journalism, photography, popular music and new media in relation to psychology, sociology and cultural studies.PART I: THEORIES ABOUT CREATIVITY AND CULTURAL PRODUCTION Introductory Perspectives on Creativity The Creator as Genius Bio-Psychological Perspectives Creativity and The Social The Cultural View Reconceptualising Creativity PART II: ISSUES FOR MEDIA PRACTICE Agency and Structure: The Case of Radio Journalism: Structures and Motivation Television: Form, Format and Being Formulaic Film: Auteur Theory, Collaboration, Systems Photography: Art, Craft and Their Symbiosis Popular Music: Creativity and Authenticity The Digital Revolution: Copyright and Creativity Refocusing Methods for Creative Work Bibliography Index

'This is a pioneering and thorough examination of creativity and cultural production. It brings together a vast array of knowledge, critical analysis and insight to the field of creativity and cultural studies. It will be essential reading for anyone involved in popular music and media practices in journalism, television and photography, including academia, industry, researchers and policy makers and debaters. This book is appropriate for use and essential reading on university undergraduate and postgraduate media courses, as well as those who study and practice the different forms of creativity in the larger community. It will not ask you to think only positively about change, but will ask you to think anew about our experiential and conceptual understanding of creativity. It deserves to be widely read.' - Pamela Burnard, University of Cambridge, UK

'Drawing from the experiences of practitioners, Phillip McIntyre interrogates the varied disputes about creativity, and argues for a shift away from person-centred approaches lć