• 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. • Examines the changing conceptions of audiences, and the increasing influence of market research, audience tracking and advertising. As one of the most read, most studied and most cited books in the field, this is an essential resource for students and researchers of media and communication studies, the cultural and creative industries, cultural studies and the sociology of the media.