Political Economy of Communication
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The early broadcast era and our current platform era bear some striking resemblances, but one parallel looms large: In the 1940s, we lost a key battle to build a potentially liberating and wondrous medium—and we are on the cusp of doing... more
This study examines whether and how public media systems contribute to the health of democracies in 33 countries in Europe, Africa, Asia, North America, the Middle East, Latin America, and South America. We gather national economic data... more
Iz uvodnika: "Prav v teh okoliščinah je še toliko pomembnejše, da politično ekonomijo komuniciranja vnovič vzpostavimo kot temelj kritičnega (če že ne celotnega) komunikološkega raziskovanja. Razlog ni le v dejstvu, da kritična... more
Political control is one of the central and conditioning aspects of the relationship between journalists and politicians. Through the perceptions of journalists and politicians, this article analyzes the validity, characteristics,... more
This chapter discusses research on the policies, laws, and subsidies that create and shape the organizational structures and practices that form the basis of the news media. The research reviewed treats news media institutions as... more
A number of people have claimed that the ongoing financial crisis has revealed the problems with neoliberal thought and neoliberal policies in the 'Atlantic Heartland'. However, if we look at the history of the 'Heartland' economies then... more
In the networked twenty-first century, digital platforms have significantly influenced capital accumulation and digital culture. Platforms, such as social network sites (e.g. Facebook), search engines (e.g. Google), and smartphones (e.g.... more
Using objective measures of investor protections in 170 countries, I establish that the level of investor protection matters for cross-country differences in GDP growth: countries with stronger protections tend to grow faster than those... more
For over a century the US has conducted an experiment in commercialized journalism by treating news as both a commodity and a public service.
Netflix, as a tech company, is currently the largest global streaming platform challenging traditional US studios. This article analyses Netflix’s transnational business strategies disrupting such status quo by focusing, on one local... more
This chapter brings into focus various structural threats to journalism, including monopoly control over media, the loss of public interest protections, digital divides, and the “Facebook problem”. The chapter also provides an overview of... more
En la última década, los medios de comunicación públicos (MCP) están siendo objeto de un fuerte cuestionamiento por una parte importante de la ciudadanía en buena parte del continente europeo y, muy especialmente, en España. Las causas de... more
The goal of this article is to add a complementary perspective to the study of social network sites by surveying how the political economy of social media platforms relates to the structure of free-to-play games in their commodity form.... more
The Political Economy of Media and Power is an interdisciplinary collection intended to foster critical pedagogy. Contributors cut through media spectacle and make visible the intersections between mass media and the politics of power in... more
In Democracy Without Journalism? Victor Pickard argues that we’re overlooking the core roots of the crisis. By uncovering degradations caused by run-amok commercialism, he brings into focus the historical antecedents, market failures, and... more
The US media system is primarily a commercial one dominated by a small number of lightly regulated corporations, and offset by weak public alternatives. This was not inevitable ; it resulted from the outcomes of specific policy battles... more
En el actual contexto de desconfianza hacia los medios de comunicación públicos, la “participación ciudadana” constituye una de las preocupaciones más relevantes en la agenda de sus responsables y entre los investigadores de los medios,... more
Th e 1940s was a contentious decade for US media policy. Activists, policy- makers, and media industries grappled over defining the normative foundations that governed major communication and regulatory institutions. At this time, a... more
El artículo presenta hallazgos de las dos primeras etapas de la investigación de doctorado desarrollada por el autor (sobre estrategias de las agencias de noticias estatales del sur Global) para el recorte geográfico de América Latina y... more
Overview: The aim of this course is to provide a general introduction to a range of theories that seek to explain why we communicate as we do. The first part of the course establishes a general overview of communication theory, from both... more
Reviews the work, contributions, and relevant biographical data of Eileen Meehan (media scholar in critical political economy).
This chapter provides an overview of the entire American media landscape, with an emphasis on the various degradations caused by commercial imperatives. As media outlets desperately chase increasingly elusive revenues, they further debase... more
The practices and cultures of remix are often thought to emerge in opposition to cognitive capitalism. This is for a number of reasons: As a practice that blends bottom-up circulation with new discursive practices, remix offers... more
本文通過深度訪談,對美國著名傳播政治經濟學學者羅伯特·麥克切斯尼的學術思想進行深入考察和闡釋。麥克切斯尼主張以公共補貼制度制衡商營媒介體制對民主的侵蝕,強調知識份子在民主化媒介體系變革中應扮演更加積極的角色,並反對對於馬克思主義的教條式、庸俗化的理解。這些觀點對於中國新聞傳播學學術研究的發展具有顯著的觀念價值。
"Il volume, grazie a un apparato documentario finora inedito, analizza le prime fasi di sviluppo del telefono in Italia tra l’ultimo ventennio dell’Ottocento e la prima guerra mondiale. Come venne accolto, interpretato e “metabolizzato”... more
The Fairness Doctrine, one of the most famous and controversial media policies ever enacted, suffered a final deathblow in August 2011 when the Federal Communications Commission permanently struck it from the books. However, the Doctrine... more
French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu’s concepts of field, autonomy, homology, cultural capital, habitus, doxa, reflexivity, and symbolic violence provide powerful tools for communication theorizing. In works such as Distinction, The Rules... more
The Public Broadcasting Act’s 50th anniversary provides an opportune moment to reassess justifications for creating a noncommercial media system. This commemorative occasion coincides with a particularly precarious moment for public radio... more
This introductory chapter sets the broader context by drawing attention to core pathologies in American news and information systems. In particular, it draws attention to the run-amok commercialism that lies at the heart of these... more
New sociotechnical systems are emerging from the convergence of communications and money networks. This is particularly significant in mobile media, where services such as near field communication (NFC) and QR code payments, mobile... more
Fake news should be a serious topic in the political economy of communication because it brings into sharp relief a critical analysis of the news industry and of journalism from a Marxist perspective. I am not, at this point, offering a... more
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