• critically analyses relationship between media work and the media industry in his book ‘the cultural industries’, 2019
• ‘the distinctive organisational form of the cultural industries has considerable implications for the conditions under which symbolic creativity is carried out’ – meaning working in the media isn’t what you think it is, it’s carried out in a way you wouldn’t think it was
• ‘there must be serious concerns about the extent to which this business-driven, economic agenda is compatible with the quality of working life and of human well-being in the creative industries’ (written with banks). – this suggests that the higher ups in the media industry care more about succeeding and becoming the dominant media business
• ‘creative work is now imagined only as a self-actualising pleasure‘ – suggesting people only work in the media industry to achieve a sense of self worth and not to help people in escapism, all they want is to be successful and make money from it, so rather than being driven making a difference and making something people enjoy, people in the media industry are narcissistic and are driven by money.

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