‘It’s like sunk cost fallacy or something they call it’: The role of symbolic, social and economic capital in worker motivations for staying in the UK television production sector

Willment, Nina orcid.org/0000-0003-0101-4773 and Newsinger, Jack (2026) ‘It’s like sunk cost fallacy or something they call it’: The role of symbolic, social and economic capital in worker motivations for staying in the UK television production sector. Media culture & society. pp. 125-141. ISSN: 0163-4437

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  • Published (online): 16 September 2025
  • Published: 1 January 2026
Institution: The University of York
Academic Units: The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Theatre, Film, TV and Interactive Media (York)
Date Deposited: 17 Apr 2026 10:00
Last Modified: 14 May 2026 23:16
Published Version: https://doi.org/10.1177/01634437251375342
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