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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... argues for the mutual constitution of knowledge arising from the relationship between what Ahmad ( 1992 : 122 ) calls ' the problematic of final determination ' and ' the utter historicity of multiple , interpenetrating determinations ...
... argues for the mutual constitution of knowledge arising from the relationship between what Ahmad ( 1992 : 122 ) calls ' the problematic of final determination ' and ' the utter historicity of multiple , interpenetrating determinations ...
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... argues that such a view is limited to the economic domain and reflects economic practice . Critics respond that visions spill over into other forms of social life so that workers viewed as tools for the economist's purpose come to be ...
... argues that such a view is limited to the economic domain and reflects economic practice . Critics respond that visions spill over into other forms of social life so that workers viewed as tools for the economist's purpose come to be ...
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... argues for seeing the mass media ' first as economic entities with both a direct economic role as creators of surplus value through commodity production and exchange and an indirect role , through advertising , in the creation of ...
... argues for seeing the mass media ' first as economic entities with both a direct economic role as creators of surplus value through commodity production and exchange and an indirect role , through advertising , in the creation 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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