Global Creative Industries, School of Modern Languages and Cultures HKU

This course enables students to study the cultural and organizational dynamics of the film and media industry to understand the economic, social, cultural and material processes that underpin the whole industry. Through an in-depth and comparative study of the creative processes, technology adaptation, value chains, overall organizational structures, and consumer images of the industry, the course aims to engage students in a critical discourse on the complex interplay between the economic and cultural forces which drive the development of the film and media industry in the global market.

Interdisciplinary Elective Course
GCIN2007	Film and media: Cultural and organizational dynamics	6 credits

This course enables students to study the cultural and organizational dynamics of the film and media industry to understand the economic, social, cultural and material processes that underpin the whole industry. Through an in-depth and comparative study of the creative processes, technology adaptation, value chains, overall organizational structures, and consumer images of the industry, the course aims to engage students in a critical discourse on the complex interplay between the economic and cultural forces which drive the development of the film and media industry in the global market.

Prerequisite: Nil
Assessment:100 % coursework
(Offered in 2020/2021, 2nd semester)