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Creative Industries, Creative Workers and the Creative Economy: A Review of Selected Recent Literature
Creative Industries, Creative Workers and the Creative Economy: A Review of Selected Recent Literature
This report reviews the themes emerging from selected recent literature to inform a more detailed understanding of the creative industries, primarily by considering the experiences of those working the sector. By reflecting on ways of measuring, analysing and researching the creative industries, the paper also discusses possible ways of engaging with this sector and those working in it.
ISBN 978 0755976829 (Web Only)
Website Publication Date December 02, 2009
Dr Julie Carr
ISBN 978 0 7559 7682 9 (Web only publication)
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CONTENTS
1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
2 BACKGROUND
3 DEVELOPING UNDERSTANDINGS OF THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES SECTOR
a) DCMS 13 definition of the creative industries
b) Creative industries and small businesses
c) Self-employment and the creative industries
d) Foreign owned firms and the creative industries
e) Perceived characteristics of creative workers
f) Overview of the creative industries workforce
g) Recruitment into the creative industries
h) Networks
i) Challenges experienced by creative workers
4 OTHER WAYS OF MEASURING, ANALYSING AND RESEARCHING THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
Highlighting policy and practice elsewhere on the creative industries
5 CONCLUSION
6 REFERENCES
7 ANNEX 1
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