The cultural industries

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?

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