Prof.dr. M.J.P. Deuze (Mark) Faculty    Humanities E-mail    m.j.p.deuze@hum.leidenuniv.nl Phone    071 527 2933     Date of birth June 19, 1969 Place of birth Renkum Study History / Mediastudies Ph.D. March 13, 2002 Dissertation Journalist in The Netherlands Date of accession March 1, 2007 Inaugural lecture January 18, 2008 Subject Journalism and new media

Keywords

Media, journalism, creative industries, work, modernity

My inspiration

My research focuses on the working lives of professionals in the global media industries (film, TV, videogames, advertising, and journalism), and shows that careers in the media industry are not open, inclusive, or as ‘free for all’ as often suggested in the popular press. It is a cut-throat and precarious business where the ‘feminine’ qualities you need to get in – excellent communication and social skills, a talent for team work – are the same that will keep you from moving to the (male-dominated) top. Furthermore, digital media – think YouTube, Wikipedia, Ohmynews – threaten to make the work and role of media professionals obsolete, as creative production gets increasingly outsourced to consumers. What makes this research relevant on a broader scale is the fact that the working lives of media professionals are looked at by all other industries as pioneer-models for the management and organization of labour in the global cultural economy.

Titles of major publications

• (2007) Deuze, M., Media Work, Cambridge: Polity Press.
• (2007) Deuze, M., “Convergence Culture in the Creative Industries”, International Journal of Cultural Studies 10(2), pp.243-263.
• (2005) Deuze, M., “What is Journalism? Professional Identity and Ideology of Journalists Reconsidered”, Journalism Theory Practice & Criticism 6(4), pp.443-465.
• (2004) Deuze, M., Wat is journalistiek? [What is journalism?]. Amsterdam: Het Spinhuis/Bedrijfsfonds voor de Pers [Netherlands Press Fund].
• (2003) Deuze, M. “The Web and its Journalisms: Considering the Consequences of Different Types of News Media Online”, New Media & Society 5(2), pp.203-230.

Links

http://deuze.blogspot.com