TY - BOOK AU - Hesmondhalgh,David TI - The cultural industries SN - 9781446209257 AV - HM621 .H47 2015 PY - 2015/// CY - London PB - SAGE KW - Cultural industries N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: Change and Continuity, Power and Creativity -- PART ONE: ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORKS -- Theories of Culture, Theories of Cultural Production -- Cultural Industries in the Twentieth Century: The Key Features -- Why the Cultural Industries Began to Change in the 1980s -- PART TWO: POLICY CHANGE -- Marketization in Telecommunications and Broadcasting -- Further Changes in Policy: Copyright and the Cult of Creativity -- PART THREE: CHANGE AND CONTINUITY IN THE CULTURAL INDUSTRIES, 1980 TO 2012 -- Ownership, Structure and Size -- Creativity and Commerce, Organization and Labour -- Internationalism: Neither Globalisation Nor Cultural Imperialism -- Digitalisation and the Internet -- The Impact of the Internet and Digitalisation on Existing Cultural Industries -- Texts: Diversity, Quality and Social Justice -- Conclusions: A New Era in Cultural Production? N2 - Addressing the entertainment and information sectors of the major Western economies, David Hesmondhalgh's study offers an overview of the key issues and debates surrounding the cultural industries ER -