Critical Political Economy of the Media: An Introduction

ISBN-13: 9780415544832 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 246 str.

Jonathan Hardy

Opis

Providing students with a broad-ranging, accessible introduction to the international political economy of media, this book examines transformations of the media and media systems. From changes in the mass media of broadcasting and print, to digitalization and the internet, it looks at different ways of making sense of these transformations and considers a range of questions concerning media power and influence.

Spis treści

Foreword James Curran  Part I: Mapping approaches and themes  1. What (is) political economy of the media?  2. Paradigms of media power: liberal and radical perspectives on media processes  3. Media cultures, media economics and media problems  Part II: Critical investigations in political economy  4. Concentration, conglomeration, commercialisation  5. Political economy of the Internet and digital media  6. Marketing communications and media  7. Globalisation, media transnationalisation and culture  8. Media convergence and communications regulation  Part III: Interventions and Change  9. Media power, challenges and alternatives  Bibliography

O autorze

Jonathan Hardy is Reader in Media Studies at the University of East London and teaches at Goldsmiths College, University of London. He is the author of Western Media Systems (2008) and Cross-Media Promotion (2010).