Books by John Hartley

At the heart of this book lies a reappraisal of humanities research and its use in understanding the conditions of a consumer-led society

An authoritative exploration of the current state of the creative industries, showing how students, researchers, entrepreneurs, practitioners and policy makers can make use of recent advances in the systematic study of the creative process on a population-wide scale.

Originally published: St Lucia, Qld.: University of Queensland Press, 2009.

This is a one-stop introductory text for students wanting to understand the creative industries, what they are, what they do and how they affect our society.

Defending the place of television and television studies, this text re-conceptualizes television as a transmodern medium, capable of reuniting government, education and media, and of creating a new kind of cultural teaching which facilitates communication across social and geographical boundaries.

'Cultural studies will never be the same again. Whether you're new to the field or a tired old jade, [it] will have you sitting bolt upright in your seat...brimming with insight and innovation. A landmark book' - Toby Miller Professor of Cultural Studies and Cultural Policy, New York University

A collection of Hartley's writings on television which includes his views on TV as a global and local force and TV as a corporate and domestic, political and artistic object of study.

In an unconventional approach Hartley looks to popular media reality by examining how pictures and texts form powerful political forces. "The Politics of Pictures" is a history of looking from Aristotle to the meaning of picnics.

News depends for its effect on a culturally shared language, and this book concentrates on ways we can decode its messages without simply reproducing their underlying assumptions.