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  3. The definition of the cultural industries has been the subject of intense debate over the last few years, especially within the

The definition of the cultural industries has been the subject of intense debate over the last few years, especially within the

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问题     The definition of the cultural industries has been the subject of intense debate over the last few years, especially within the framework of local, national and international policy development. 【F1】Cultural industry refers to the various businesses that produce, distribute, market or sell products that belong categorically in creative arts. Such products could include clothing, decorative material for homes, books, movies, television programs, or music. Cultural industry is a very large category for certain types of businesses.
    For example, a store that sells CDs, formerly called a record store, belongs to the cultural industry. It employs salespeople to sell CDs, managers to run the store, and buyers to choose which CDs to sell. It also may employ people to construct or distribute advertising. The CD store may be an independently run store, or may be part of a larger chain of CD stores. In either case, it is part of a cultural industry.
    The sales of CDs are dependent upon other cultural industry businesses. One needs artists to record music.【F2】One also depends upon distributors who sell the music, recording studios that record the music, and numerous other industries that are considered cultural. A company must exist to actually manufacture CDs, so this becomes part of the cultural industry as well.
    A growing field in cultural industry is the various producers of websites and stores selling or producing creative material.【F3】For instance, instead of purchasing CDs at a store, a consumer may use a cultural industry like Apple’s iTunes to download songs or albums for their MP3 player. Alternately, they might visit one of the many websites that now offer either free or low price streaming video of popular television shows. They may choose to shop at places like Amazon, instead of hitting the local bookstore.
    The term cultural industry is sometimes confused with the term culture industry. Culture industry is a concept created by Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer and is related to Marxist philosophy.【F4】It assumes that popular culture is factory-like in structure, and through this culture, standardized goods are manufactured to comfort the public. These" creative" goods don’t represent real creativity, but rather a watered down "acceptable" form of creativity that is mass-produced.
    Cultural industry on the other hand, is not really a value-based term. It merely refers to businesses involved in the production, sale, distribution and creation of works of creativity.【F5】While some individual businesses might determine certain goods demand mass production, other forms of the cultural industry are more highly selective. An artist’s studio, where one can buy originals is certainly not representative of the culture industry concept advanced by Adorno and Horkheimer.
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答案例如，消费者可能会使用如苹果的iTunes下载歌曲或唱片集到他们的MP3播放器上，而不是去商店买CD。
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