By Charles kulwa n reg no 42688

Defining the creative industries

The DCSM 13 creative industries are beneficiaries of the same drivers propelling the growth of the knowledge economy. The rapid growth of intangible investment has created a buoyant market for advertising, computer software services and design; digitisation is creating both new competitive challenges and new potential from experimentation and co creation with customers. In these respects the creative industries should be regarded as one of the more dynamic components of the knowledge economy 

In fact each creative industry has a core communal business model. All originates ideas of expressive value, which they commercialise. Other parts of the economy certainly engage in creative reliance on creativity originating new offerings and experiences. More every part of the economy commercialise theiroutput and offerings by pricing them in markets. Butthese activities are defined by having practical functions

What is distinct about the creative industries is that their revenues are largely generated by commercializing expressive value and that necessarily a greater part of their commercial turnover is attributable even more so than other parts of the  knowledge  economy facts of genuine creative origination

Expressing value

 Expressing value can be understood as every dimension in the realm of ideas which in its broadest sense, enlarges cultural meaning and understanding. Professor David Throsby has identified the following dimension of the expressive values in which the creative industries deal

Aesthetic values- the values that reflects beauty, harmony and form as well as other aesthetic characteristics

Spiritual values – this might be either secular or religious – this quest for spiritual meaning shared by all human beings. The benefits from spiritual values include understanding, insight and awareness

Social value- an important aspect of artistic work is its capacity to forge ties among otherwise separated individuals. It illuminates the character of the society that we inhabit and creates a context in which relationships and identities can thrive

Historical values- each of us is an historical being, held in a pattern created by time, noted the historian, JH Plumb. Part of the importance of artistic outputs is that they offer a unique snapshot of conditions at the time they were created and in turn, provide clarity and sense of continuity with the present

Symbolic value- this underlines the fact that the work is the real, original and unique artwork which it is represented to be 

Essential expressive value creates new insight, delight5s and experiences; it adds to our knowledge, stimulates our emotions and enriches our lives

In the first decades of the 21^stcentury,expressive values are no longer confined tradition alart forms. Expressive values in the sense of symbolic values is represented in software program mes and video games such as the Grand theft Auto and metal Gear series  where engrossing narratives combine with  performance  driven play and  increasingly naturalistic graphics. Expressive value in the sense of social values is represented in the range of interactive; user generated cultural material found on the internet.