Well-Being and Creative Careers - by Mark Deuze (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

There is a well-documented mental health crisis among media professionals worldwide. This book documents what is particular about well-being in creative careers in the media, offers an analysis of systemic issues throughout the media industries that explain why so many practitioners get sick on the job and shows what can be done.

Preface: Outline, Positionality, and Gratitude is free to read here

Read Mark Deuze's substack here

Watch a series of interviews with professionals and scholars in the field of media here

Review Quotes

Capturing both the damaging pressures and passionate commitments driving the mental life of creative careers, Deuze precisely analyses the emotional dichotomy at the core of media work.

Deuze provides a thoughtful and passionate perspective on mental health in creative work, warning us of the challenges of an industry that can rely on the creatively and goodwill of its workers.

In this important book, Deuze draws on new research supported by a wide range of empirical evidence, creative industries, and media professionals' voices. In doing so, he creates compelling evidence as to why we should all
take the problems these passionate workers face seriously. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in understanding media work and the creative industries.

There is no doubt that Professor Mark Deuze's new book is a thoughtful, well-researched and timely contribution to media and communication studies. But it is so much more than that. Well-Being and Creative Careers is also an urgent reminder of the human cost of our newfound ability to access news, information and entertainment whenever and however we like.

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