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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Rethinking and Renewal Vincent Mosco. the classical emphasis on the individual as the primary unit of analysis and the market as the principal structure , both meeting in the central process , the individual decision to register wants or ...
Rethinking and Renewal Vincent Mosco. the classical emphasis on the individual as the primary unit of analysis and the market as the principal structure , both meeting in the central process , the individual decision to register wants or ...
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... individual , engaged in socially constituted production . Some would take this substantive critique to a deeper ... individuals , that human action is predominantly rational , that information tends to flow freely , and that markets best ...
... individual , engaged in socially constituted production . Some would take this substantive critique to a deeper ... individuals , that human action is predominantly rational , that information tends to flow freely , and that markets best ...
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... individual into social analysis . Nothing could be further from the meaning of structuration , including Giddens ' conception of it . Agency is a fundamentally social conception that refers to individuals as social actors whose behavior ...
... individual into social analysis . Nothing could be further from the meaning of structuration , including Giddens ' conception of it . Agency is a fundamentally social conception that refers to individuals as social actors whose behavior ...
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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The Political Economy of Communication: Rethinking and Renewal Vincent Mosco No preview available - 1996 |
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