MIGRAIN: Hesmondhalgh - The Cultural Industries
Alezey Hesmondhalgh - The Cultural Industries Go to our Media Factsheet archive and open Factsheet 168: David Hesmondhalgh’s ‘The Cultural Industries’. Read the Factsheet and complete the following questions/tasks: 1) What does the term 'Cultural Industries' actually refer to? 2) What does Hesmondhalgh identify regarding the societies in which the cultural industries are highly profitable? 3) Why do some media products offer ideologies that challenge capitalism or inequalities in society? 4) Look at page 2 of the factsheet. What are the problems that Hesmondhalgh identifies with regards to the cultural industries? 5) Why are so many cultural industries a 'risky business' for the companies involved? 6) What is your opinion on the creativity v commerce debate? Should the media be all about profit or are media products a form of artistic expression that play an important role in society? 7) How do cultural industry companies minimise their risks and maximise their prof...
