Key Concepts in Creative Industries

John Hartley, AM (Order of Australia), is John Curtin Distinguished Professor at Curtin University Australia, and Professor of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies at Cardiff University Wales. Recent books include: Cultural Science: A Natural History of Stories, Demes, Knowledge and Innovation (with Jason Potts, Bloomsbury, 2014); Key Concepts in Creative Industries (co-authored, SAGE, 2013); A Companion to New Media Dynamics (co-edited, Wiley-Blackwell, 2013); and Digital Futures for Cultural and Media Studies (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012). He is editor of the International Journal of Cultural Studies (SAGE) and publisher of Cultural Science Journal (online). He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities and the International Communication Association, Honorary Professor of Zhejiang University of Media and Communications (Hangzhou), and Guest Researcher, Institute for Cultural Industries, Shenzhen University, China. Jason Potts is Professor of Economics at RMIT University, Australia.  Stuart Cunningham is Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of Creative Industries at Queensland University of Technology, Australia.  Terry Flew is Professor of Media and Communications in the Creative Industries Faculty at the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. He has been seconded from QUT to act as a Commissioner of the Australian Law Reform Commission from May 2011 to February 2012, chairing the Inquiry into the National Classification Scheme in Australia. Professor Michael Keane is Professor of Chinese Media and Cultural Studies at Curtin University, Perth. John Banks is Associate Professor of the Creative Industries Faculty at Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

• IntroductionThe Concepts:Aesthetics, ArtAgent/AgencyAttentionAudienceClusterCo-Creation (User-Created Content; User-Generated Content)Competition Complex SystemsConsumerConvergenceCreative ArtsCreative CitiesCreative ClassCreative DestructionCreative EconomyCreative IndustriesCreative LabourCreativityCultural PolicyCulture (History of Concept) Culture Industry/Cultural IndustriesDesignDigital LiteracyEntertainmentEntrepreneur/shipEvolutionExpertGlobalizationInformation EconomyInnovationInstitutionIntellectual PropertyInternationalization (of Creative Industries)Knowledge (Growth of)MarketsMediaNetworksPowerProductivityPublic CultureRepresentationTechnologyReferencesIndex

This is an authoritative overview of a rapidly developing area of study and research. The book offers much to both those familiar with work on the creative industries and those for whom the concept is an entirely new object of study.