The Videogame Industry Does Not Exist, my new book with @themitpress is out now! This is my attempt to intervene in how we talk and think about gamemaking as not just an entertainment industry but as a cultural field, built up from complex tensions between commercial and creative pressures and identities.

It's open access, and you can read it here: https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/5572/The-Videogame-Industry-Does-Not-ExistWhy-We-Should

I wrote a long thread on Twitter with a bunch of excerpts which I won't reproduce here, but it's there if you're interested: https://twitter.com/BRKeogh/status/1648452116749643778

#gamestudies #mediastudies #culturalindustries #culturalproduction #commodon #gamedev

Our ECREA Media Industries & Cultural Production section is looking for a new YECREA representative. We have a great team with Fredrik Stiernstedt, Catalina Iordache, and me, and we look forward to welcoming a new chair member. Perfect for early-career communication/media researchers interested in media, creative and cultural production, and industries.

Deadline: 15 December.

#media #ECREA #mediaproduction #mediaindustry #culturalproduction

http://yecrea.eu/2022/11/23/call-for-yecrea-representative-11-vacant-position/

Today's book and coffee. Feels like a lot has happened since the first time I read this book. Way back in June 2022.

"platforms are becoming central markets in key segments of the cultural industries, as an increasing number of cultural producers create, distribute, market, and monetize content and services through these 'matchmakers.'" (p. 49)

#Platforms #Cappuccino #Coffee #café #media #MediaStudies #SocialMedia #CreativeProduction #twitter #facebook #tiktok #youtube #meta #CulturalProduction @tpoell