The cultural industries David Hesmondhalgh

Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART ONE: INTRODUCING THE CULTURAL INDUSTRIESChapter 1 Change and Continuity, Power and CreativityChapter 2 The Cultural Industries Approach: Distinctive Features of Culture-Producing BusinessesPART TWO: ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORKSChapter 3 Theories of Culture, Theories of Cultural ProductionChapter 4 Cultural Industries in the Twentieth Century: The Key FeaturesChapter 5 Why the Cultural Industries Began to Change in the 1980sPART THREE: POLICY CHANGEChapter 6 Policy Change in Media and Telecommunications: Marketisation and CopyrightChapter 7 Cultural Policy: Creative Cities, Creative Industries, Creative EconomiesPART FOUR: CHANGE AND CONTINUITY IN THE CULTURAL INDUSTRIES, 1990-2017Chapter 8 Ownership (1): Concentration, Conglomeration and Corporate Power, 1980-2010Chapter 9 Ownership (2): Concentration, Conglomeration and Corporate Power, 2010 onwardsChapter 10 How the Claims of Digital Optimists were Contradicted by the Rise of Digital CultureChapter 11 The Effects of Digital Networks on Individual IndustriesChapter 12 Creativity, Commerce and OrganisationChapter 13 Working Conditions and Inequalities in the Cultural IndustriesChapter 14 Internationalisation: Neither Globalisation nor Cultural ImperialismChapter 15 Texts: Diversity, Quality and Social JusticeChapter 16 Conclusions: A New Era in Cultural Production?Glossary

Bringing together a huge range of research, theory and key concepts, David Hesmondhalgh provides an accessible yet critical exploration of cultural production and consumption in the global media landscape. This new edition explores the effects of digitalisation on culture and analyses the influence of IT and tech companies like Google, Apple, Amazon and Facebook on the cultural industries.