Creative industries as policy and discourse outside the United Kingdom
(2007) Creative industries as policy and discourse outside the United Kingdom. Global Media and Communication 3(3):pp. 347-352.
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Abstract
Media, cultural and communication studies’ critique of the concept of creative industries as policy discourse has been as consistent as it has been negative. The gap between the remarkable enthusiasm with which it has been taken up in policy circles across many parts of the world and at many levels (national, state, regional, supranational), and the depth of opposition to it academically, marks it out as a major contemporary instance of the gap between policy and critique (Cunningham, 1992). Interestingly, though, almost all of this critique has been focused on the British policy environment, and as such betrays a remarkably metropolitanist bias. This brief overview of policy situations elsewhere in the world offers an interesting case study in internationalizing media studies, comparing their ‘problematics’ with those identified by Garnham as foundational to the creative industries discourse.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Status: | Published |
| Keywords: | Media, cultural and communication studies; creative industries; Nicholas Garnham |
| Subjects: | 400000 Journalism, Librarianship and Curatorial Studies > 400100 Journalism, Communication and Media > 400104 Communication and Media Studies |
| ID Code: | 12164 |
| Deposited By: | Cunningham, Stuart D |
| Deposited On: | 22 January 2008 |
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