 Industry or Field? The Value of the Field Construct to Study Digital Creative IndustriesSanti Furnari ()
Chapter Chapter 4 in Technology and Creativity, 2020, pp 63-86 from Springer Abstract: Abstract This chapter identifies the assumptions underlying the two constructs of industry and field, comparing their usefulness to study the digital transformation of creative industries. Two assumptions of the industry construct make it less useful to understand the blurring of creative industries’ boundaries and roles induced by digital technologies: (1) industry boundaries are defined on the basis of a central product/service; (2) organizations’ positions in an industry are defined on the basis of organizations’ attributes (competencies/resources, cost functions, etc.) vis-à-vis each other. Differently, the field construct draws on a relational and activity-centered definition of boundaries and organizational positions, orienting the researcher’s attention to a broader variety of actors and to the multiple relations (symbolic and material) connecting them. These assumptions underlying the field construct are more useful to study the fluid dynamics shaping the creative industries in the digital era, enabling the researcher to better ‘see’ the processes and mechanisms underneath such dynamics. Date: 2020 There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-17566-5_4 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-17566-5_4 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Springer Books from Springer |
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