Media Occupations And Professions: A Reader Paperback

Jeremy Tunstall

Journalists, television producers, and other media workers are members of newly powerful occupations, yet no broad study of media workers has until now been attempted. Media Occupations and Professions is the first major attempt to consider a broad range of media occupations and their historical development. This collection of essays confronts numerous occupational controversies and dilemmas: can a valid distinction be made between media 'crafts' and media 'professions'? What are the differences between media moguls, media barons, and media stars? Are media workers becoming not only more powerful, but also more insecure? How predictable are media careers and why do media occupations have such chaotic entry patterns? Media occupations are strongly influenced by national politics and culture; so this book includes pieces about media occupations not only in the USA and UK, but also in Africa, Australia, China, France, Germany, Japan, and Russia.

0198742460

9780198742463

English

Oxford University Press, USA

15 February 2001

316

Jeremy Tunstall is Professor of Sociology at City University and the author of numerous works on the media, media policy, and media workers. His most recent books include Newspaper Power (1996) and The Anglo-American Media Connection (1999), both published by Oxford University Press.

"As a chronicle of the past and present of media occupations and professions around the world .... Tunstall's collection is a useful resource for academics, professionals and students." Philip M Napoli, The International Journal of Media Management, Vol 4 No 3. "Well-known media sociologist Jeremy Tunstall has compiled an interesting and wide-ranging reader that addresses the subject of media occupations and professions across a variety of time periods and across a variety of national contexts." Philip M Napoli, The International Journal of Media Management, Vol 4 No 3. "The sheer variety of reports gathered here...provide much food for thought about the human and personal factors in media change." Ian Christie, Professor of Film and Media History, Birkbeck College, University of London