The Cultural Industries

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: provides an all-new online reading resource to springboard students into research broadens examples of media text to include 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 on the cultural industries examines new cultural products and the influence on consumer electronics and IT companies, including Apple, Facebook and Google 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.