Transferring below-the-line skillsets across creative industries in early television

The article makes use of an, as yet, unpublished archive that documents the process of unionization between the early television industry in the mid-1950s and the primary entertainment union at the time, the Australian Theatrical and Amusement Employees' Association. The article uses this archi...

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Published inContinuum (Mount Lawley, W.A.) Vol. 33; no. 4; pp. 460 - 474
Main Author Bevan, Alex
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 04.07.2019
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Archives & records
Australian television
below-the-line
Creative industries
Entertainment
History
Immigration
Labor unions
New technology
Professionalization
Radio
Standardization
Television history
Television industry
television labour
theatre
Unionization
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Summary:The article makes use of an, as yet, unpublished archive that documents the process of unionization between the early television industry in the mid-1950s and the primary entertainment union at the time, the Australian Theatrical and Amusement Employees' Association. The article uses this archive to explore intersections among the creative production industries of radio, film, and theatre, and how this network responded to the entrance of Australian television. Lastly, it uses these findings to argue for more pervasive historical patterns that involve the entrance of disruptive media technologies, industry standardization and professionalization, immigration, cultures of creative labour, and trade unions. These findings present a fruitful understanding of how new technology affects the nature of creative work and its organization.
ISSN:1030-4312
1469-3666
DOI:10.1080/10304312.2019.1621265