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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).
Notes on Contributors viii
Series Editor's Preface xv
Acknowledgments xvi
Introduction: The Political Economy of Communications: Core Concerns and Issues 1Janet Wasko, Graham Murdock, and Helena Sousa
Part I Legacies and Debates 11
1 Political Economies as Moral Economies: Commodities, Gifts, and Public Goods 13Graham Murdock
2 The Political Economy of Communication Revisited 41Nicholas Garnham
3 Markets in Theory and Markets in Television 62Eileen R. Meehan and Paul J. Torre
4 Theorizing the Cultural Industries: Persistent Specificities and Reconsiderations 83Bernard Miège (translation by Chloé Salles)
5 Communication Economy Paths: A Latin American Approach 109Martín 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 129Giuseppe Richeri
7 Media Ownership, Concentration, and Control: The Evolution of Debate 140John D. H. Downing
8 Maximizing Value: Economic and Cultural Synergies 169Nathan Vaughan
9 Economy, Ideology, and Advertising 187Roque Faraone
10 Branding and Culture 206John Sinclair
11 Liberal Fictions: The Public–Private Dichotomy in Media Policy 226Andrew Calabrese and Colleen Mihal
12 The Militarization of US Communications 264Dan Schiller
13 Journalism Regulation: State Power and Professional Autonomy 283Helena Sousa and Joaquim Fidalgo
Part III Conditions of Creativity: Industries, Production, Labor 305
14 The Death of Hollywood: Exaggeration or Reality? 307Janet Wasko
15 The Political Economy of the Recorded Music Industry: Redefinitions and New Trajectories in the Digital Age 331André Sirois and Janet Wasko
16 The Political Economy of Labor 358Vincent Mosco
17 Toward a Political Economy of Labor in the Media Industries 381David 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 403Giovanni Cesareo
19 The Political Economy of Audiences 415Daniel Biltereyst and Philippe Meers
20 The Political Economy of Personal Information 436Oscar H. Gandy, Jr.
21 The Political Economy of Political Ignorance 458Sophia Kaitatzi-Whitlock
Part V Emerging Issues and Directions 483
22 Media and Communication Studies Going Global 485Jan Ekecrantz
23 New International Debates on Culture, Information, and Communication 501Armand Mattelart (translation by Liz Libbrecht)
24 Global Capitalism, Temporality, and the Political Economy of Communication 521Wayne Hope
25 Global Media Capital and Local Media Policy 541Michael Curtin
26 The Challenge of China: Contribution to a Transcultural Political Economy of Communication for the Twenty-First Century 558Yuezhi Zhao
Name Index 583
Subject Index 596
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