Have we entered the new ere of cultural production?

Culture is a term that needs to be understood in order to further the discussion of cultural industries. There has been much debate over the definition of culture as it is so broad and complex. The most common understanding of culture is by Raymond Williams who says that culture is a ‘way of life’, Hesmondadhalgh however questions this theory by saying if we assume that culture is a ‘way of life’ than “it is possible to argue that all industries are cultural industries in that they are involved in the production and consumption of culture. For by this definition, the clothes we wear, the furniture in our houses and work places, the cars, buses and trains we use for transport, the food and drink we guzzle are all part of our culture.” (Hesondhalgh:2002)

He goes onto say that cultural industries are more restricted than the definition given by Williams, he summarises the distinctive features of the cultural industries

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