Main objective of this course is to trace the development of the Cultural and Creative Industries as an idea and as concept and to identify the key points of changes within it in relations with contemporary digital connected world. Another important task of this course is to provide the deep understanding of the difference between cultural and symbolic meaning products (such as films, recorded music, book and periodicals, online media content etc) and other kind of goods.
Cultural and creative industries
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Cultural and creative industries
National Research University Higher School of Economics
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Suggested: 8 weeks of study, 4 hours per week
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
3 hours to complete
Theory of cultural industries
This module gives an overview of main theories of cultural industries. We'll also talk about theories of creative industries and notion of creativity in general. You will get “research optics” to analyze cultural goods.
3 hours to complete
15 videos (Total 106 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz
15 videos
Course promo1m
Introduction2m
Main terms6m
Course methodology12m
How to understand industrialization8m
Main theoretical foundations of cultural industry theories4m
Frankfurt school view on industrialization of culture7m
Political economy view on industrialization of culture6m
Information and knowledge economy5m
Main periods in contemporary theories of cultural industries7m
The early school of cultural industries8m
From cultural industries to content industries5m
Contemporary challenges in digital world16m
Creative industries and its origins9m
1 reading
About the University10m
1 practice exercise
Test 130m
4 hours to complete
Main principles of classic cultural industries
We'll talk about peculiarities of cultural goods, models of their commercialization and risks of their production. You will also learn relationships between different actors of cultural production.
4 hours to complete
9 videos (Total 83 min)
9 videos
Failure to apply Marxist theory6m
Marketing of demand instead of marketing of supply9m
Strategies of risk minimization11m
Craft work and independence of authors9m
How to classify cultural products?8m
Cultural products outside industrial model9m
Models of valorization in cultural industries8m
Function of editor6m
1 practice exercise
Test 210m
3 hours to complete
History of reproducibility in media
During this week we'll consider historical context of industrialization of culture. In particular, industrialization of print media, audiovisual media and immaterial media will be studied.
3 hours to complete
19 videos (Total 120 min)
19 videos
Printed book as the first reproducible media8m
Difference between written book market and printed book market12m
Copyright and its functions in industrial book production4m
Industrialization of periodicals and double conversion model8m
Movie sector and recorded music as media industries5m
Recorded music: between phonograph and gramophone5m
Mass consumption of music: model of service4m
From model of service towards model of mass-sold good4m
Early film entertainment models: personal vs collective consumption4m
Movie as experimental production3m
Industrial organization of first movie studios8m
From Hollywood classics to “blockbusters model”6m
Television, radio and interactive digital networks as immaterial goods and services4m
Radio: from equipment logics to content logics and commercial model5m
Network radio and television5m
Television as an industry9m
Diversification of the audiovisual production4m
Digital platforms as universal reproducibility6m
1 practice exercise
Test 330m
4 hours to complete
Evolution of cultural industries in digital age
During this week we'll learn transformations of cultural industries after digital revolution. We'll touch upon changes in business models, platforms and general logics shaping cultural industries in digital era.
4 hours to complete
16 videos (Total 130 min)
16 videos
Appearance of new products: material vs immaterial8m
Further industrialization7m
Mediatization of everyday life8m
Individualization of cultural practices9m
Theory of communication needs and its evolution in digital environment9m
Platforms independence13m
Persistence of two general models8m
Crowdfunding and other quasi-models of direct purchase9m
Between proprietary and free access platforms6m
Shift in blockbuster model (long tail)6m
UGC shift and changes in production chain7m
User generated content8m
Self-publication and open access as a shift to alternative production8m
Media piracy as alternative production4m
Decline in media advertising7m
1 practice exercise
Test 410m
Reviews
3.4
TOP REVIEWS FROM CULTURAL AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
by HSJun 9, 2019
I had no idea about cultural and creative industries. This lecture offered me a fine and general overview about the concepts.
by JOOct 31, 2018
Excellent and clear intro to this topic. Could do with some more suggested readings but that's a personal preference.
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