How can we make sense of numerous instances of experts in politics, law enforcement, national security, military defense, fire arms, public health, culture, and history working closely with creators of scripted television series in the USA today? Why do TV makers need them? Why and how do these experts come to Hollywood? In order to answer these questions, I carried out a Bourdieusian field analysis of contemporary American TV series production, with a focus on how knowledge about political and social issues is produced and used in the TV industry. I identify four major expertise providers—the state, social movements, research organizations, and independent experts—and build a macro model of expertise exchange in the field of Hollywood TV. I argue that expertise in Hollywood is a form of capital which Hollywood professionals exchange for symbolic capital within the industry and in the field of power; it is also a form of capital that agents of the state, social movements, and research organizations exchange for symbolic capital in the field of power; and finally, independent experts trade their knowledge to accumulate economic and symbolic capital within the industry. This model is based on the analysis of data I collected during fieldwork in Los Angeles over 10 months in 2017–2019, which includes 159 interviews, 7 observation sessions, and archival materials.

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好莱坞专家：美国娱乐电视知识生产领域分析。

我们如何理解当今美国政治、执法、国家安全、军事防御、枪支、公共卫生、文化和历史方面的专家与脚本电视连续剧创作者密切合作的众多实例？为什么电视制造商需要它们？这些专家为什么以及如何来到好莱坞？为了回答这些问题，我对当代美国电视剧制作进行了布迪厄斯的现场分析，重点是关于政治和社会问题的知识是如何在电视行业中产生和使用的。我确定了四个主要的专业知识提供者——国家、社会运动、研究机构和独立专家——并构建了好莱坞电视领域专业知识交流的宏观模型。我认为，好莱坞的专业知识是一种资本形式，好莱坞的专业人士在行业内和权力领域将其交换为象征性资本；它也是国家代理人、社会运动和研究组织在权力领域交换符号资本的一种资本形式；最后，独立专家交换他们的知识以在行业内积累经济和象征性资本。该模型基于我在 2017-2019 年 10 个月内在洛杉矶实地考察期间收集的数据的分析，其中包括 159 次访谈、7 次观察会议和档案材料。独立专家交换他们的知识以在行业内积累经济和象征性资本。该模型基于我在 2017-2019 年 10 个月内在洛杉矶实地考察期间收集的数据的分析，其中包括 159 次采访、7 次观察会议和档案材料。独立专家交换他们的知识以在行业内积累经济和象征性资本。该模型基于我在 2017-2019 年 10 个月内在洛杉矶实地考察期间收集的数据的分析，其中包括 159 次访谈、7 次观察会议和档案材料。