Now undisputedly a classic, the third edition of this essential media studies text scrutinizes the new and ongoing changes to the contemporary landscape of creative economy and cultural production. This edition: * Provides an all-new online reading guide to springboard students into their own research. * Includes brand new examples covering social media, digital publishing, reality TV and talent shows. * Traces the growth of the cultural industries in emerging markets in China, India, Asia and Africa. * Analyzes the economic crisis and its impact. * Examines new products and the influence on consumer electronics and IT companies, including Apple, Facebook and Google. As one of the most read, most studied and most cited media studies texts, this new edition is a must for any student of media and communication studies, cultural studies and sociology.
Boxes, tables and figures Preface to the Third Edition (2012) Preface to the Second Edition (2007) 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? Glossary