16. Diversity and Cultural Production Communities
Vicki Mayer (Tulane University), Sharon Ross (Columbia College); participants: Belinda Acosta (Austin Chronicle), John Caldwell (University of California, Los Angeles), Michela Ardizzoni (University of Louisville), Miranda Banks (University of Southern California), Spencer Nutting (independent media producer), moderator: Jean Lauer (University of Texas at Austin)

Question: How has television production changed in the post-network age and what have been the cultural, political, and economic consequences for production communities? In particular, how have various forms of diversity (gender, race, class, sexuality) been addressed, enacted, or ignored in different production roles and settings, and what have been the consequences?

Vicki Mayer's Response

Sharon Ross's Response

Michela Ardizzoni's Response

Miranda Banks's Response

Belinda Acosta's Response

John Caldwell's Response