David Hesmoundhalgh’s “Media Industry Studies, Media Production Studies”

1.What factors have contributed to the rise of media industries scholarship?

2.What is the difference between a ‘mainstream organizational sociology of culture’ approach and the political economy approach to studying the media?

3. How have various approaches to studying media organizations dealt the ideas of authorship and creativity?
4. Why is it difficult to settle concerns about the relationship between media company ownership and ideology?
5. Why has ‘media work’ and workers been seen as a key case demonstrating emerging features of contemporary capitalism?

Week 9 Worksheet – Kellner

Answer these questions in 2-4 sentences each after reading Douglas Kellner’s “Media Industry and Media/Cultural Studies.”

1. What is Kellner’s critique of the Frankfurt School’s (Adorno and Horkheimer) ideas about the Culture Industry?
2. How has the Birmingham group’s (including Stuart Hall) approach to studying media differed from the Frankfurt School?
3. How does Kellner define the Political Economy approach to studying media?
4. What is the relationship between communication and culture?
5. Why does Kellner argue against the divide between studies of news and entertainment?