The Political Economy of Communication: Rethinking and RenewalThis definitive, critical overview of the discipline explains in detail the analytical tools that political economy can apply to today's increasingly global and technological information society. Vincent Mosco defines political economy by its focus on the relationship between the production, distribution and consumption of communication in historical and cultural context. |
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Page 121
... United States , and to a lesser degree its Western allies , in the aftermath of World War II . The West confronted decolonization movements across Africa and Asia , and political upheavals in Latin America . Only the United States was ...
... United States , and to a lesser degree its Western allies , in the aftermath of World War II . The West confronted decolonization movements across Africa and Asia , and political upheavals in Latin America . Only the United States was ...
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... United States with more of its workforce based there . Americans rarely question the national identity of IBM , half of whose revenues are earned outside the United States , or what makes Ameritech , which has used its regional monopoly ...
... United States with more of its workforce based there . Americans rarely question the national identity of IBM , half of whose revenues are earned outside the United States , or what makes Ameritech , which has used its regional monopoly ...
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... United States , the Popular Unity government of Chile and the Sandinista government of Nicaragua were major exemplars of oppositional nationalism . Today , in spite of massive positive trade balances in communication products , the United ...
... United States , the Popular Unity government of Chile and the Sandinista government of Nicaragua were major exemplars of oppositional nationalism . Today , in spite of massive positive trade balances in communication products , the United ...
Contents
Mapping the Political Economy of Communication | 17 |
The Political Economy of Communication | 124 |
Rethinking and Renewing the Political Economy | 135 |
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