Creativity and Cultural Production Issues for Media Practice
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
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Creativity and Cultural Production Issues for Media Practice Phillip McIntyre
© Phillip McIntyre 2012 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2012 978-0-230-27228-6 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2012 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries.
ISBN 978-1-349-32309-8 DOI 10.1057/9780230358614
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Contents
Acknowledgements
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Part I Theories about Creativity and Cultural Production 1 Introductory Perspectives on Creativity
3
2 The Creator as Genius
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3 Bio-Psychological Perspectives
27
4 Creativity and the Social
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5 The Cultural View
56
6 Reconceptualising Creativity
69
Part II Issues for Media Practice 7 Agency and Structure: The Case of Radio
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8 Journalism: Structures and Motivation
103
9 Television: Form, Format and Being Formulaic
118
10 Film: Auteur Theory, Collaboration, Systems
133
11 Photography: Art, Craft and Their Symbiosis
148
12 Popular Music: Creativity and Authenticity
160
13 The Digital Revolution: Copyright and Creativity
176
14 Refocusing Methods for Creative Work
195
Bibliography
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Index
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Acknowledgements
A book like this, about a topic like this, could not have been made without the contribution of quite a number of people. I would like to thank some of them here. Firstly, let me say that all the professionals I have dealt with at
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