Creative Industries in Flux: A Critical Investigation into the Challenges, Agency and Potential of Cultural and Creative Workers in Hong Kong

Dr Tse, Ho Lun Tommy   (Principal Investigator (PI))

Dr Peirson-Smith Anne   (Co-Investigator)

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Creative Industries in Flux: A Critical Investigation into the Challenges, Agency and Potential of Cultural and Creative Workers in Hong Kong

Creative industries policy, Creative labor and work conditions, Cultural and creative industries, Ethnographic research, PR & advertising, TV and print media

Sociology,Social Policy

Humanities & Social Sciences (H)

2015.A8.035.16A

Public Policy Research Funding Scheme

2016

Completed

1) To highlight discrepancies between the image and reality of how the creative industries actually operate; 2) To provide an overview of the appropriateness of categorized creative industry in the Hong Kong context; 3) To examine differences in process and development across cultural and creative industries in Hong Kong; 4) To investigate the experiences and evolving working conditions of the creative workforce in PR & advertising, TV and print media; 5) To understand factors that are affecting the performance of the post 80s and 90s generations as a creative workforce; 6) To propose new policy directions to further enhance the growth and development of selected creative industries by focusing on the actual needs of creative workers and employers