Hesmondhalgh - The Cultural Industries
Hesmondhalgh, D. (2018). The Cultural Industries (4th ed). Sage. ISBN 9781526424099; 9781526424105
Bringing together a huge range of research, theory and key concepts, David Hesmondhalgh provides a critical exploration of cultural production and consumption in the global media landscape. He analyses the influence of IT and tech companies like Google, Apple, Amazon and Facebook on the cultural industries, discusses the impact of digital technologies on industries such as music, TV, newspapers, books and digital games, explores the effects of digitalisation on culture, discussing critical issues like participation, power, commercialism, surveillance, and labour and examines the changing conceptions of audiences, and the increasing influence of market research, audience tracking and advertising.
David Hesmondhalgh “The Cultural Industries”