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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... analysis and the stark inequities it justified . Although critical analysis made reference to patriarchy , there was little sustained analysis . Contemporary feminism has uncovered this gaping blindspot in analysis and has begun to ...
... analysis and the stark inequities it justified . Although critical analysis made reference to patriarchy , there was little sustained analysis . Contemporary feminism has uncovered this gaping blindspot in analysis and has begun to ...
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... analysis that places the state in the forefront of analysis . The other gives weight to economic arguments that aim to extend the application of primarily neoclassical theory over political , social , and cultural life ( Posner , 1992 ...
... analysis that places the state in the forefront of analysis . The other gives weight to economic arguments that aim to extend the application of primarily neoclassical theory over political , social , and cultural life ( Posner , 1992 ...
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... analysis of culture and those cultural workers and con- sumers who might benefit most from the analysis . There is no gainsaying the need for conceptual sophistication and certainly no need to apologize for acknowledging that research ...
... analysis of culture and those cultural workers and con- sumers who might benefit most from the analysis . There is no gainsaying the need for conceptual sophistication and certainly no need to apologize for acknowledging that research ...
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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