Over the last decade, political economy has grown rapidly as a specialist area of research and teaching within communications and media studies. The Handbook of Political Economy of Communication combines authoritative overviews of core ideas with new case study materials and the best of contemporary theorization and research.
Over the last decade, political economy has grown rapidly as a specialist area of research and teaching within communications and media studies and is now established as a core element in university programmes around the world.
The Handbook of Political Economy of Communications offers students and scholars a comprehensive, authoritative, up-to-date and accessible overview of key areas and debates.
- Combines overviews of core ideas with new case study materials and the best of contemporary theorization and research
- Written many of the best known authors in the field
- Includes an international line-up of contributors, drawn from the key markets of North and Latin America, Europe, Australasia, and the Far East
About the Editors viii
Notes on Contributors ix
Series Editors Preface xvi
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction: The Political Economy of Communications: Core Concerns and
Issues 1
Janet Wasko, Graham Murdock, and Helena Sousa
Part I Legacies and Debates 11
1 Political Economies as Moral Economies: Commodities, Gifts, and Public
Goods 13
Graham Murdock
2 The Political Economy of Communication Revisited 41
Nicholas Garnham
3 Markets in Theory and Markets in Television 62
Eileen R. Meehan and Paul J. Torre
4 Theorizing the Cultural Industries: Persistent Specificities and
Reconsiderations 83
Bernard Mičge (translation by Chloé Salles)
5 Communication Economy Paths: A Latin American Approach 109
Martķn Becerra and Guillermo Mastrini
Part II Modalities of Power: Ownership, Advertising, Government 127
6 The Media Amid Enterprises, the Public, and the State: New Challenges for
Research 129
Giuseppe Richeri
7 Media Ownership, Concentration, and Control: The Evolution of Debate 140
John D. H. Downing
8 Maximizing Value: Economic and Cultural Synergies 169
Nathan Vaughan
9 Economy, Ideology, and Advertising 187
Roque Faraone
10 Branding and Culture 206
John Sinclair
11 Liberal Fictions: The PublicPrivate Dichotomy in Media Policy 226
Andrew Calabrese and Colleen Mihal
12 The Militarization of US Communications 264
Dan Schiller
13 Journalism Regulation: State Power and Professional Autonomy 283
Helena Sousa and Joaquim Fidalgo
Part III Conditions of Creativity: Industries, Production, Labor 305
14 The Death of Hollywood: Exaggeration or Reality? 307
Janet Wasko
15 The Political Economy of the Recorded Music Industry: Redefinitions and
New Trajectories in the Digital Age 331
André Sirois and Janet Wasko
16 The Political Economy of Labor 358
Vincent Mosco
17 Toward a Political Economy of Labor in the Media Industries 381
David Hesmondhalgh and Sarah Baker
Part IV Dynamics of Consumption: Choice, Mobilization, Control 401
18 From the Work of Consumption to the Work of Prosumers: New Scenarios,
Problems, and Risks 403
Giovanni Cesareo
19 The Political Economy of Audiences 415
Daniel Biltereyst and Philippe Meers
20 The Political Economy of Personal Information 436
Oscar H. Gandy, Jr.
21 The Political Economy of Political Ignorance 458
Sophia Kaitatzi-Whitlock
Part V Emerging Issues and Directions 483
22 Media and Communication Studies Going Global 485
Jan Ekecrantz
23 New International Debates on Culture, Information, and Communication 501
Armand Mattelart (translation by Liz Libbrecht)
24 Global Capitalism, Temporality, and the Political Economy of
Communication 521
Wayne Hope
25 Global Media Capital and Local Media Policy 541
Michael Curtin
26 The Challenge of China: Contribution to a Transcultural Political Economy
of Communication for the Twenty-First Century 558
Yuezhi Zhao
Name Index 583
Subject Index 596
Janet Wasko is Professor and Knight Chair in Communication Research at the University of Oregon (USA).
Graham Murdock is Professor of Culture and Economy at Loughborough University (UK).
Helena Sousa is Professor of Communications Sciences at the University of Minho (Portugal).
