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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... questions were viewed as matters of social as well as individual concerns . With the introduction of utility concepts in the late nineteenth century , the emphasis shifted to changes in market values and questions of equilibrium of the ...
... questions were viewed as matters of social as well as individual concerns . With the introduction of utility concepts in the late nineteenth century , the emphasis shifted to changes in market values and questions of equilibrium of the ...
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... questions of our time . However , in order to do so effectively , it needs to pay closer attention to the relationship of history to its position on social structure and social reproduc- tion . Political economy has tended to ...
... questions of our time . However , in order to do so effectively , it needs to pay closer attention to the relationship of history to its position on social structure and social reproduc- tion . Political economy has tended to ...
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... questions , encompassing sexuality , bureaucracy , family structure , budgets , etc. Moreover , this approach has not shied away from normative and moral questions that , not too long ago , would have been off limits for mainstream ...
... questions , encompassing sexuality , bureaucracy , family structure , budgets , etc. Moreover , this approach has not shied away from normative and moral questions that , not too long ago , would have been off limits for mainstream ...
Contents
Mapping the Political Economy of Communication | 17 |
The Political Economy of Communication | 73 |
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