Cultural Industry Stream

Forecasts made by government policy makers, business analysts and journalists about the implications of information and communication technologies (ICTs) are contradicted by empirical evidence of how individuals and SMEs within Wales ’ music scene are presently using the Internet. The ambiguous status of artistic and cultural production as an ‘industry’ and the Internet as an ‘electronic market ’ damages their value-adding potential. A framework for researching the complex relationship between electronic enterprise and digital creativity is proposed.