Pornography as a creative industry: challenging the exceptionalist approach to pornography

McKee, A

Pornography as a creative industry: challenging the exceptionalist approach to pornography

McKee, A

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Porn Studies, 2016, 3 (2), pp. 107 - 119
Issue Date:: 2016-04-02

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dc.contributor.author	McKee, A https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0577-2061	en_US
dc.date.issued	2016-04-02	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Porn Studies, 2016, 3 (2), pp. 107 - 119	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	2326-8743	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/41441
dc.description.abstract	© 2015 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Much academic writing on pornography takes an exceptionalist approach, focusing on the ways it is different from other forms of culture. By contrast, this article – focusing on pornography as an industry – argues that in many ways it is similar to other forms of culture. In the production of pornography, producers make most money; ‘creatives’, including performers, mostly lack creative control, do not make lots of money and have short, nomadic careers; the business is facing challenges from increased digitalization; and the solutions to these challenges lie in branding, niche marketing and exploiting new technological possibilities. This perspective then allows us more clearly to see what is unusual about the pornography industry – particularly around the experience of stigma and workplace health and safety.	en_US
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP120102594
dc.relation.ispartof	Porn Studies	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/23268743.2015.1065202	en_US
dc.title	Pornography as a creative industry: challenging the exceptionalist approach to pornography	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	2	en_US
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utslib.for	2001 Communication and Media Studies	en_US
utslib.for	1608 Sociology	en_US
utslib.for	1902 Film, Television and Digital Media	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/FASS Faculty Administration
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Abstract:

© 2015 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Much academic writing on pornography takes an exceptionalist approach, focusing on the ways it is different from other forms of culture. By contrast, this article – focusing on pornography as an industry – argues that in many ways it is similar to other forms of culture. In the production of pornography, producers make most money; ‘creatives’, including performers, mostly lack creative control, do not make lots of money and have short, nomadic careers; the business is facing challenges from increased digitalization; and the solutions to these challenges lie in branding, niche marketing and exploiting new technological possibilities. This perspective then allows us more clearly to see what is unusual about the pornography industry – particularly around the experience of stigma and workplace health and safety.

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