Previous ed.: Los Angeles, Calif.; London: SAGE, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [421]-450) and index.

Preface to the Third Edition (2012) -- Preface to the Second Edition (2007) -- Introduction: Change and Continuity, Power and Creativity Pt. 1. Analytical Frameworks: 1. Theories of Culture, Theories of Cultural Production -- 2. Cultural Industries in the Twentieth Century: The Key Features -- 3. Why the Cultural Industries Began to Change in the 1980s Pt. 2. Policy Change: 4. Marketization in Telecommunications and Broadcasting -- 5. Further Changes in Policy: Copyright and the Cult of Creativity Pt. 3. Change and Continuity in the Cultural Industries, 1980 to 2012: 6. Ownership, Structure and Size -- 7. Creativity and Commerce, Organization and Labour -- 8. Internationalism: Neither Globalisation Nor Cultural Imperialism -- 9. Digitalisation and the Internet -- 10. The Impact of the Internet and Digitalisation on Existing Cultural Industries -- 11. Texts: Diversity, Quality and Social Justice -- Conclusions: A New Era in Cultural Production?

The first two editions of The Cultural Industries scrutinized the transformation in creativity and the cultural industries in a political, economic and cultural context. Now undisputedly a classic, this Third Edition offers essential updates to map the contemporary media landscape. David Hesmondhalgh offers a distinctive critical approach to cultural production that makes this book a must-read for students of media, communication and cultural studies and sociology.