A Companion to Media Authorship

By: Jonathan Gray and Derek Johnson

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Synopsis: 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 formsMoves 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 worksDraws on the cutting-edge research of scholars and practitioners whose work has produced significant new insights into the fieldExamines a wide range of media, including television, social media, radio, videogames, transmedia, music, and comic booksOffers 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