{"product_id":"the-handbook-of-political-economy-of-communications-isbn-9781118799444","title":"The Handbook of Political Economy of Communications","description":"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. \u003ci\u003eThe Handbook of Political Economy of Communications\u003c\/i\u003e offers students and scholars a comprehensive, authoritative, up-to-date and accessible overview of key areas and debates.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCombines overviews of core ideas with new case study materials and the best of contemporary theorization and research\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten many of the best known authors in the field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes an international line-up of contributors, drawn from the key markets of North and Latin America, Europe, Australasia, and the Far East\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Editors viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeries Editor’s Preface xvi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Political Economy of Communications: Core Concerns and Issues 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJanet Wasko, Graham Murdock, and Helena Sousa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Legacies and Debates 11\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Political Economies as Moral Economies: Commodities, Gifts, and Public Goods 13\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGraham Murdock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Political Economy of Communication Revisited 41\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNicholas Garnham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Markets in Theory and Markets in Television 62\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEileen R. Meehan and Paul J. Torre\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Theorizing the Cultural Industries: Persistent Specificities and Reconsiderations 83\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBernard Miège (translation by Chloé Salles)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Communication Economy Paths: A Latin American Approach 109\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMartín Becerra and Guillermo Mastrini\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Modalities of Power: Ownership, Advertising, Government 127\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Media Amid Enterprises, the Public, and the State: New Challenges for Research 129\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGiuseppe Richeri\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Media Ownership, Concentration, and Control: The Evolution of Debate 140\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn D. H. Downing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Maximizing Value: Economic and Cultural Synergies 169\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNathan Vaughan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Economy, Ideology, and Advertising 187\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRoque Faraone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Branding and Culture 206\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Sinclair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Liberal Fictions: The Public–Private Dichotomy in Media Policy 226\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrew Calabrese and Colleen Mihal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Militarization of US Communications 264\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDan Schiller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Journalism Regulation: State Power and Professional Autonomy 283\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHelena Sousa and Joaquim Fidalgo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Conditions of Creativity: Industries, Production, Labor 305\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 The Death of Hollywood: Exaggeration or Reality? 307\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJanet Wasko\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The Political Economy of the Recorded Music Industry: Redefinitions and New Trajectories in the Digital Age 331\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndré Sirois and Janet Wasko\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Political Economy of Labor 358\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eVincent Mosco\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Toward a Political Economy of Labor in the Media Industries 381\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Hesmondhalgh and Sarah Baker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Dynamics of Consumption: Choice, Mobilization, Control 401\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 From the “Work of Consumption” to the “Work of Prosumers”: New Scenarios, Problems, and Risks 403\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGiovanni Cesareo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 The Political Economy of Audiences 415\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaniel Biltereyst and Philippe Meers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 The Political Economy of Personal Information 436\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOscar H. Gandy, Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 The Political Economy of Political Ignorance 458\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSophia Kaitatzi-Whitlock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Emerging Issues and Directions 483\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Media and Communication Studies Going Global 485\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJan Ekecrantz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 New International Debates on Culture, Information, and Communication 501\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eArmand Mattelart (translation by Liz Libbrecht)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Global Capitalism, Temporality, and the Political Economy of Communication 521\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWayne Hope\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Global Media Capital and Local Media Policy 541\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Curtin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 The Challenge of China: Contribution to a Transcultural Political Economy of Communication for the Twenty-First Century 558\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eYuezhi Zhao\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eName Index 583\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject Index 596\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJanet Wasko\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor and Knight Chair in Communication Research at the University of Oregon, OR, USA.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGraham Murdock\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Culture and Economy at Loughborough University, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelena Sousa\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Communications Sciences at the University of Minho, Portugal.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eOver 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 programs around the world. \u003ci\u003eThe Handbook of Political Economy of Communications\u003c\/i\u003e offers students and scholars a comprehensive, authoritative, up-to-date, and accessible overview of key areas and debates in the field.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This contemporary guide to political economics of communication combines authoritative overviews of core ideas with new case study materials and the best of contemporary theorization and research.  Including newly commissioned essays by the best-known scholars in the field, this handbook explores and interrogates different approaches and problematics across different political and cultural regions, and offers a theoretical map of the field, both historically and conceptually.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Political economy has roared back into town. Terms like 'net neutrality,' 'creative labor,' 'the precariat,' and 'global capital' are in every critic's vocabulary—or should be. This Handbook's editors, all leading figures, have assembled an equally distinguished group of authors to lead the charge.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eToby Miller, author of Makeover Nation: The United States of Reinvention\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is an excellent book that moves from heritage sites to new destinations, and from the old standards to innovative research.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eProfessor James Curran, Director, Goldsmiths Leverhulme Media Research Centre, University of London\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The power of the communications media to shape people's cultural, political and social lives is immense. We should never lose sight of the bases to their political and economic potency, and the political economy of communications is a crucial intellectual tradition in both analysing the media, and in giving sound critical foundations to challenge and intervention. In this important collection the editors have brought together an authoritative and diverse collection of original essays that reaffirm the importance of this tradition and make an irreplaceable contribution to it.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003ePeter Golding, Northumbria University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is not only a welcome package of scholarship but also a timely reminder of the vitality of critical political economy, serving to keep the research tradition straight and wide under pressures of marketization and globalization.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eKaarle Nordenstreng, Tampere University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990253027557,"sku":"NP9781118799444","price":60.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118799444.jpg?v=1761787075","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-handbook-of-political-economy-of-communications-isbn-9781118799444","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}