Have Digital Communication Technologies Democratized the Media Industries?

Abstract

Typescript, as accepted for publication of Hesmondhalgh, D. (2019) “Have digital communication technologies demo cratized the media industries?” in James Curran and David Hesmondhalgh (eds.), Media and Society , 6 th edition (London and New York: Bloomsbury), pp. 101-120. Some further minor amendments and corrections were made for the final published version.