Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction1. The Contradictions of InformationSimple Circulation and InformationInformation and Capitalist ProductionCapital and State, Advertising and PropagandaThe Bourgeois Public Sphere as Embodiment of the Contradictions of Information in Competitive Capitalism2. Monopoly Capitalism and the Culture Industry The New Configuration of CapitalTransformations in the State SphereStructural Change of the Public Sphere and the Advertising-Propaganda ContradictionCapitalism and LifestyleObservations on the History of the Culture Industry 3. The Culture Industry and its FunctionsThe Culture Industry and Propaganda: Approaches based on the Concept of Ideological ApparatusesThe Form of the Mass Media Apparatus: Cesareo and the Italian School Cultural Dependency TheoriesThe Culture Industry and AdvertisingAdvertising and Sales Promotion in Baran & Sweezy Dallas Smythe's Audience ProductionAdvertising and Consumer GoodsAdvertising and Added Value4. The Political Economy of Communications and CultureThe French TraditionThe French School (Second Generation)5. From Production to Competition: Towards the Reconstruction of the Communications and Culture EconomyReflections on Television and CompetitionAn Alternative Theoretical ApproachAn Alternative Theoretical Approach: the Dual Nature of Products in the Culture IndustryThe Symbolic SpaceTechno-Aesthetic StandardsTowards a Regulation-Based AnalysisAn Analytical Model for the AudiovisualThe Dynamic of the Complete Model6. Subsumption of Intellectual Work and the Political Economy of the InternetIntellectual WorkThe Political Economy of the InternetInternet Convergence: an Analysis ModelInternet Economy: Two Important ContributionsThe Social Logic of the Internet and the GNU / LINUX systemFree Software as an Alternative ModelConclusion and Prospects: Communication and Capitalism in the 21st CenturyBibliography.