Introduction: change and continuity, power and creativity. -- Theories of culture, theories of cultural production. -- Cultural industries in the twentieth century: the key features. -- Why the cultural industries began to change in the 1980s. -- Marketisation in telecommunications and broadcasting. -- Further changes in policy: copyright and the cult of creativity. -- Ownership, structure and size. -- Creativity and commerce, organization and labour. -- Internationalisation: neither globallisation nor cultural imperialism. -- Digitalisation and the internet. -- The impact of the internet and digitalisation on existing cultural industries. -- Texts: diversity, quality and social justice. -- Conclusions: a new era in cultural production?

1. Cultural industries