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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Page 67
... result , it directs attention away from the field of non - conversational social practices to discussions about them . In his understandable eagerness to replace the epistemological essentialism of positivist economics , McCloskey would ...
... result , it directs attention away from the field of non - conversational social practices to discussions about them . In his understandable eagerness to replace the epistemological essentialism of positivist economics , McCloskey would ...
Page 105
... result is a ' close inter - weaving within concrete institutions and within their specific commodity forms of the economic , the political and the ideological ' ( p . 132 ) . All of these are embodied in the generalizing and abstracting ...
... result is a ' close inter - weaving within concrete institutions and within their specific commodity forms of the economic , the political and the ideological ' ( p . 132 ) . All of these are embodied in the generalizing and abstracting ...
Page 197
... result of an effort to create what have been called chosen instruments of state policy , are now typically the result of corporate policy to expand into new areas with partners who are willing to pool expertise and risk . Furthermore ...
... result of an effort to create what have been called chosen instruments of state policy , are now typically the result of corporate policy to expand into new areas with partners who are willing to pool expertise and risk . Furthermore ...
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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