'The sheer variety of reports gathered here...provide much food for thought about the human and personal factors in media change.' Ian Christie, Professor of Film and Media History, Birkbeck College, University of London
'Well-known media sociologist Jeremy Tunstall has compiled an interesting and wide-ranging reader that addresses the subject of media occupations and professions across a variety of time periods and across a variety of national contexts.' Philip M Napoli, The International Journal of Media Management, Vol 4 No 3.
'As a chronicle of the past and present of media occupations and professions around the world... Tunstall's collection is a useful resource for academics, professionals and students.' Philip M Napoli, The International Journal of Media Management, Vol 4 No 3.Journalists, TV producers, and other media workers are members of newly powerful occupations. Media Occupations and Professions is the first book in the field to provide a broad selection of research studies on media workers, from studies of career entry patterns and job security in the various media occupations through to studies of the media moguls and media stars, from the historical origins of the various media occupations to an analysis of the differences between media occupations in different countries.
