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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... debate within Marxian political economy ( McNally , 1993 ) . A leading Analytical Marxist ( Cohen , 1991 ) accepts the view that inefficiency and anarchy are critiques of the market that can be adequately handled by neoclassical ...
... debate within Marxian political economy ( McNally , 1993 ) . A leading Analytical Marxist ( Cohen , 1991 ) accepts the view that inefficiency and anarchy are critiques of the market that can be adequately handled by neoclassical ...
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... debate about revisionism , at least as it applies to political economy , might better be redirected to the broader question of what constitutes the central dimensions of the discipline . At stake is more than whether we can observe back ...
... debate about revisionism , at least as it applies to political economy , might better be redirected to the broader question of what constitutes the central dimensions of the discipline . At stake is more than whether we can observe back ...
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... debate over deregulation is disingenuous at best , because deregulation is not an alternative . Rather , the debate comes down to the choice among a mix of forms that foreground the market , the state , or interests that lie outside of ...
... debate over deregulation is disingenuous at best , because deregulation is not an alternative . Rather , the debate comes down to the choice among a mix of forms that foreground the market , the state , or interests that lie outside of ...
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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