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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... alternative media from a political economy perspective . Mattelart and Siegelaub ( 1983 ) brought together a substantial collection of work on the relationship of media to social resistance that includes major theoretical treatments as ...
... alternative media from a political economy perspective . Mattelart and Siegelaub ( 1983 ) brought together a substantial collection of work on the relationship of media to social resistance that includes major theoretical treatments as ...
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... alternative or to transform it in fundamental ways . The functionalist critique of behaviorism is a good example of ... alternative to Marxian theory , its major structural alternative . This is accurate though partial , neglecting the ...
... alternative or to transform it in fundamental ways . The functionalist critique of behaviorism is a good example of ... alternative to Marxian theory , its major structural alternative . This is accurate though partial , neglecting the ...
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... alternative hegemonies . Two major tasks for political economy are to identify the sources of instability in the dominant hegemony and to assess the range of forms taken by oppositional and alternative hegemonies . The former include ...
... alternative hegemonies . Two major tasks for political economy are to identify the sources of instability in the dominant hegemony and to assess the range of forms taken by oppositional and alternative hegemonies . The former include ...
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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