This research paper discusses the consequences of having a wide definition of Cultural Industries in education. It will aim to illustrate how educational programs have adapted according to the many different interpretations there are of the industry. Understanding the Cultural Industry’s Laboral market has allowed to create the academic programs that exist nowadays, but there is still a long way to go to define which knowledge should be shared, with which criteria should it be evaluated and to whom it should be directed. Academic institutes try their best to prepare future professionals, nevertheless, with the wide definition they use as basis, there is an unclear and polarized focus of academic programs. The Cultural Industry is interdisciplinary per se, and so should be the academic programs that study it. This research paper will be also discussing the impact of the industry in society’s cultural identity with an academic focus. It also aims to clarify and explain the two-way connection between education in CI and macro consequences for economics and politics.
