Media LifeInleiding Mediacultuur I 09 Media Industries

#medialife #IMCI

© Thomas Hawk

what is it liketo work in

media?

media systemmedia institutionsmedia production

media professionals

media system

media systemmedia institutionsmedia production

media professionals

media institutions

industry hourglass structure

new international division of cultural laborNIDCL:

media systemmedia institutionsmedia production

media professionals

media production

content a-la-cartecontent everywherecontent for freecontent by userscontent goes globalcontent about content

convergence culture

Crossmedia

Transmedia

the algorithmic turn

the innovation dilemma

media systemmedia institutionsmedia production

media professionals

media professionals

ProfessionalIdentity

Content

Commerce

Connectivity

Creativity

flexibility

Good Work Bad Workgood wages/working

hoursworkplace/creative

autonomyinterest,

involvementsocialityself-esteemself-realizationwork-life balancesecurity

product excellenceproduct contributing

to the common good

poor wages/working hours

powerlessness

boredomisolationshamefrustrated

developmentoverworkrisk

low-quality productsproducts do not

contribute to well-being of others

rise of semi-permanent work groups

organized networks

networking the value chain

portfolio careers & cross-subsidized workstyles

precarity

precarity

precarity

“Casualization profoundly affects the person who suffers it: by making the whole future uncertain, it prevents all rational anticipation, and, in particular, the basic belief and hope in the future that one needs in order to be able to rebel, especially collectively, against present conditions, even the most intolerable.”

Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002)