Translated from the Spanish.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Current challenges for the critical economy of culture and communication / Ramn̤ Zallo -- The political economy of communication : a living tradition / Vincent Mosco -- Intellectuals and cultural policies / Philip Schlesinger -- Cultural industries, creative economy and the information society / Gat͡an Tremblay -- Creativity versus culture? / Enrique Bustamante -- Studying cultural behaviours, consumptions, habits and practices / Armand Mattelart -- New approaches for new sociocultural practices / Micael Herschmann -- Cultural consumption and media power / Francisco Sierra -- Digital networks and services : a new political and technological agenda / Luis A. Albornoz -- Communication and epistemological struggle / Cšar Bolaǫ -- Culture and communication : a political economy view / Delia Crovi Druetta.

Power, Media, Culture is embedded in an analytical perspective that is needed today more than ever in order to understand the functioning of our complex cultural and media systems. It is destined to become a reference work for those interested in delving into the debates arising from the performance of traditional and new media, cultural and communication policy-making, and sociocultural practices in the new digital landscape. This book is a timely and useful roadmap for understanding the relationship of communication and culture with power in the current phase of globalized capitalism, whose main driver lies in the communication sector.