1st Edition
by Jonathan Gray (Editor), Derek Johnson (Editor)
A Companion to Media Authorship
offers 28 groundbreaking chapters which investigate the practices,
attributions, and meanings of authorship. Revitalizing the study within
media and cultural studies, this diverse and global collection provides
the definitive work on the subject.
- Rethinks cultures of authorship and challenges the concept of auteurism across multiple media forms
- Moves
beyond notions of the individual to focus on how authorship is
collaborative, contested, and networked, examining cultures of
authorship and the practicalities of how it works
- Draws on the cutting-edge research of scholars and practitioners whose work has produced significant new insights into the field
- Examines a wide range of media, including television, social media, radio, videogames, transmedia, music, and comic books
- Offers
an impressive global focus, including pieces on Mexican music, amateur
film production in Nairobi slums, tele-serial production in Kinshasa,
Hong Kong film, and the marketing of Bollywood
