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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... concern to participate in ongoing struggles , including those of labor , to change the dominant media and to create alternatives . A major objective of this work is to advance public interest concerns before government reg- ulatory and ...
... concern to participate in ongoing struggles , including those of labor , to change the dominant media and to create alternatives . A major objective of this work is to advance public interest concerns before government reg- ulatory and ...
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... concerns . This contributed to his concern over environ- mental pollution ( ' negative externalities ' ) and over the market's ability to provide for universal goods like education . Nevertheless , Marshall and his fellow neoclassicists ...
... concerns . This contributed to his concern over environ- mental pollution ( ' negative externalities ' ) and over the market's ability to provide for universal goods like education . Nevertheless , Marshall and his fellow neoclassicists ...
Page 115
... concern for developments in policy and regulation , i.e. , for the relationship between the state and the economic , mark a departure from treatments in orthodox economics , and its inclusion of implicit critical concerns over power ...
... concern for developments in policy and regulation , i.e. , for the relationship between the state and the economic , mark a departure from treatments in orthodox economics , and its inclusion of implicit critical concerns over power ...
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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