MAKING CREATIVE INDUSTRIES POLICY: THE MALAYSIAN CASE

Barker, Thomas and Lee, Yuen Beng (2017) MAKING CREATIVE INDUSTRIES POLICY: THE MALAYSIAN CASE. Kajian Malaysia, 35 (2). pp. 21-37. ISSN 0127-4082

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Abstract

With the launch of the Dasar Industri Kreatif Negara (DIKN) document in 2009, the creative industries have become a policy focus area for the Malaysian government in line with Wawasan 2020 (Vision 2020). By critically analysing the institutional background of the DIKN and creative industries policies implemented to date, this paper shows how the DIKN has been translated into subsequent policy. This paper argues that creative industries policy has largely narrowed to funding schemes and resulted in a proliferation of government agencies. Due in part to the legacy of the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) and Multimedia Development Corporation (MDEC), "digital" has increasingly come to be synonymous with "creative". We argue that this raises questions as to how the creative industries are perceived and supported and ultimately the meaning of creativity in the Malaysian creative industries policy context

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1993-1999 Motion pictures T Technology > TR Photography > TR845-899 Cinematography. Motion pictures
Divisions:	Pusat Pengajian Komunikasi (School of Communication) > Article
Depositing User:	Administrator Automasi
Date Deposited:	08 Feb 2018 04:08
Last Modified:	08 Feb 2018 04:08
URI:	http://eprints.usm.my/id/eprint/38734

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