Product Description

'The first edition of The Cultural Industries moved us irrevocably past the tired debates between political economy and cultural studies approaches. This second edition takes on new and vital targets, for example claims that the Internet is replacing television in everyday media consumption.... In the process, Hesmondhalgh provides us with an essential toolkit for making critical sense of the digital media age, and our places within it' - Nick Couldry, Goldsmiths College, University Of London

'This book sets a valuable standard for communication studies. Hesmondhalgh integrates cultural research with political economy, organizational sociology with public communication policy studies, global with comparative analysis, and intellectual property law with technology changes. I've successfully taught graduate and undergraduate courses in the USA and France using the first edition, and this one is better still' - John D.H. Downing, Global Media Research Centre, Southern Illinois University

Praise for the first edition:

'This lucid, careful and sophisticated book orders the entire field, for the US as well as Europe, and at one stroke becomes the state of the art, the standard' - Todd Gitlin, Columbia University, USA

This book is a powerful antidote to journalistic hype about change in the cultural industries. Significantly expanding, updating and revising an acclaimed first edition published in 2002, it

· analyses how, why and in what ways cultural production has changed since the 1980s

· guides the reader through existing approaches

· scrutinises facts and debates about the role of culture and creativity in modern societies

· provides new material on copyright, cultural policy, celebrity power, the digital distribution of music and many other issues

Like its predecessor, this exciting new edition of The Cultural Industries places transformation in the cultural industries in long-term political, economic and cultural context. In doing so, Hesmondhalgh offers a distinctive critical approach to cultural production, drawing on political economy perspectives, but also on cultural studies, sociology and social theory. (20070508)

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #183154 in Books
• Published on: 2007-04-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 360 pages

Review
Praise for the first edition:

'This is both a smashing textbook and also an impressive contribution to thinking in a range of subjects. This book should influence the way we construct the undergraduate curriculum as well as rethink the polarization between political economy and cultural studies'- Frank Webster, City University

'A wonderfully clear, insightful and original synthesis of work on the cultural industries, representing the perspectives of the new generation of researchers' - James Curran, Goldsmiths College, University of London

'The Cultural Industries is an indispensable guide to the main forces at work in the production of media today. This lucid, careful, and sophisticated book orders the entire field, for the US as well as Europe, and at one stroke becomes the state of the art, the standard' - Todd Gitlin, New York University

'David Hesmondhalgh offers us a valuable resource and a timely provocation... [A] very well organized and clearly written introduction to this increasingly important area of study. Students and teachers wanting a comprehensive and accessible guide to what we know and where we might be heading will welcome it with open arms... His book deserves to be required reading on every media and cultural studies course' - Graham Murdock, University of Loughborough

' The arguments within [this book] provide both a timely overview of current scholarship and offer a unique multidisciplinary approach to the topic in a clear and concise manner' - TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies

"This book sets a valuable standard for communication studies. I've successfully taught graduate and undergraduate courses in the USA and France using the first edition, and this one is better still." (John D.H. Downing )

From the Publisher
This title is available in a paperback edition

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Customer Reviews

An Excellent Book For This Subject
I really found this book extremly useful in helping explain the cultural indurtries. For the course I'm doing at University, this book helped me through it and came in so useful. I would reccommend that anyone doing cultural studies (especially at QMUC) buy this book.