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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... response was supported and sustained by a wide range of social , particularly workers ' , movements that enlarged the critique beyond its intellectual coordinates to include a wide range of democratic forces erupting in response to the ...
... response was supported and sustained by a wide range of social , particularly workers ' , movements that enlarged the critique beyond its intellectual coordinates to include a wide range of democratic forces erupting in response to the ...
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... response to the economic crisis of overproduction and as a social response to the political crisis , each arising from the mass organization of the working class in North America and Europe ( Ewen , 1976 ) . The growth of a mass ...
... response to the economic crisis of overproduction and as a social response to the political crisis , each arising from the mass organization of the working class in North America and Europe ( Ewen , 1976 ) . The growth of a mass ...
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... response times necessary to translate actual purchases into new production decisions . Finally , the proliferation of channel capacity for communication and information transactions suggests that specialized and customized media ...
... response times necessary to translate actual purchases into new production decisions . Finally , the proliferation of channel capacity for communication and information transactions suggests that specialized and customized media ...
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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