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to provide you with an understanding of the concrete working conditions and challenges that shape the production of culture across a range of cultural fields.

Drawing on the latest theorizing and research in the sociology of culture and media studies, this course offers a theoretical and methodological roadmap to such a project, incorporating a range of case studies. What are the differences that make a difference: organizational structures and dynamics, forms of ownership and funding, government regulatory regimes, and/or the social properties of media owners, workers, and audiences? These are complex questions, and we will attempt to answer them through comparative research – across geographical regions, time periods, and institutional fields. There are differences across organizations, networks, and/or fields (pick your framework) and these differences are consequential for the kind of culture that gets produced, which may be normatively desirable or undesirable depending on your conception(s) of excellence and the common good. The premise of the course is that the process is not random. Our goal is to lift the veil and explore the concrete making of cultural products (music, cinema, art, digital news, television dramas, etc.) by various types of individuals and organizations, working with diverse technologies, oriented toward divergent audiences.

Drawing on the latest theorizing and research in the sociology of culture and media studies, this course offers a theoretical and methodological roadmap to such a project, incorporating a range of case studies.Ĭourse Description: This is an exciting and transformative moment for cultural production across the globe.

There are differences across organizations, worlds, networks, and/or fields (pick your framework) and these differences are consequential for the kind of culture that gets produced, which may be normatively desirable or undesirable depending on your conception(s) of excellence and the common good. This is an exciting and transformative moment for cultural production across the globe.