The Handbook of Political Economy of Communications
Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, Mass.: Wiley Blackwell (2014), xiv, 611 pp.
Contains index
Series: Global Handbooks in Media and Communication Research
ISBN 978-1-4051-8880-7 (hbk)
Signature commbox: 10-Economics-E 2014
Introduction: The Political Economy of Communications: Core Concerns and Issues / Janet Wasko, Graham Murdock, and Helena Sousa, 1
I. LEGACIES AND DEBATES
1 Political Economies as Moral Economies: Commodities, Gifts, and Public Goods / Graham Murdock, 13
2 The Political Economy of Communication Revisited / Nicholas Garnham, 41
3 Markets in Theory and Markets in Television / Eileen R. Meehan and Paul J. Torre, 62
4 Theorizing the Cultural Industries: Persistent Specificities and Reconsiderations / Bernard Mieège, 83
5 Communication Economy Paths: A Latin American Approach / Martí Becerra and Guillermo Mastrini, 109
II. MODALITIES OF POWER: OWNERSHIP, ADVERTISING, GOVERNMENT
6 The Media Amid Enterprises, the Public, and the State: New Challenges for Research / Giuseppe Richeri, 129
7 Media Ownership, Concentration, and Control: The Evolution of Debate / John D. H. Downing, 140
8 Maximizing Value: Economic and Cultural Synergies / Nathan Vaughan, 169
9 Economy, Ideology, and Advertising / Roque Faraone, 187
10 Branding and Culture / John Sinclair, 206
11 Liberal Fictions: The Public-Private Dichotomy in Media Policy / Andrew Calabrese and Colleen Mihal, 226
12 The Militarization of US Communications / Dan Schiller, 264
13 Journalism Regulation: State Power and Professional Autonomy / Helena Sousa and Joaquim Fidalgo, 283
III. CONDITIONS OF CREATIVITY: INDUSTRIES, PRODUCTION, LABOR
14 The Death of Hollywood: Exaggeration or Reality? / Janet Wasko, 307
15 The Political Economy of the Recorded Music Industry: Redefinitions and New Trajectories in the Digital Age / André Sirois and Janet Wasko, 331
16 The Political Economy of Labor / Vincent Mosco, 358
17 Toward a Political Economy of Labor in the Media Industries / David Hesmondhalgh and Sarah Baker, 381
IV. DYNAMICS OF CONSUMPTION: CHOICE, MOBILIZATION, CONTROL
18 From the "Work of Consumption" to the "Work of Prosumers": New Scenarios, Problems, and Risks / Giovanni Cesareo, 403
19 The Political Economy of Audiences / Daniel Biltereyst and Philippe Meers, 415
20 The Political Economy of Personal Information / Oscar H. Gandy, Jr., 436
21 The Political Economy of Political Ignorance / Sophia Kaitatzi-Whitlock, 458
V. EMERGING ISSUES AND DIRECTIONS
22 Media and Communication Studies Going Global / Jan Ekecrantz, 485
23 New International Debates on Culture, Information, and Communication / Armand Mattelart, 501
24 Global Capitalism, Temporality, and the Political Economy of Communication / Wayne Hope, 521
25 Global Media Capital and Local Media Policy / Michael Curtin, 541
26 The Challenge of China: Contribution to a Transcultural Political Economy of Communication for the Twenty-First Century / Yuezhi Zhao, 558
I. LEGACIES AND DEBATES
1 Political Economies as Moral Economies: Commodities, Gifts, and Public Goods / Graham Murdock, 13
2 The Political Economy of Communication Revisited / Nicholas Garnham, 41
3 Markets in Theory and Markets in Television / Eileen R. Meehan and Paul J. Torre, 62
4 Theorizing the Cultural Industries: Persistent Specificities and Reconsiderations / Bernard Mieège, 83
5 Communication Economy Paths: A Latin American Approach / Martí Becerra and Guillermo Mastrini, 109
II. MODALITIES OF POWER: OWNERSHIP, ADVERTISING, GOVERNMENT
6 The Media Amid Enterprises, the Public, and the State: New Challenges for Research / Giuseppe Richeri, 129
7 Media Ownership, Concentration, and Control: The Evolution of Debate / John D. H. Downing, 140
8 Maximizing Value: Economic and Cultural Synergies / Nathan Vaughan, 169
9 Economy, Ideology, and Advertising / Roque Faraone, 187
10 Branding and Culture / John Sinclair, 206
11 Liberal Fictions: The Public-Private Dichotomy in Media Policy / Andrew Calabrese and Colleen Mihal, 226
12 The Militarization of US Communications / Dan Schiller, 264
13 Journalism Regulation: State Power and Professional Autonomy / Helena Sousa and Joaquim Fidalgo, 283
III. CONDITIONS OF CREATIVITY: INDUSTRIES, PRODUCTION, LABOR
14 The Death of Hollywood: Exaggeration or Reality? / Janet Wasko, 307
15 The Political Economy of the Recorded Music Industry: Redefinitions and New Trajectories in the Digital Age / André Sirois and Janet Wasko, 331
16 The Political Economy of Labor / Vincent Mosco, 358
17 Toward a Political Economy of Labor in the Media Industries / David Hesmondhalgh and Sarah Baker, 381
IV. DYNAMICS OF CONSUMPTION: CHOICE, MOBILIZATION, CONTROL
18 From the "Work of Consumption" to the "Work of Prosumers": New Scenarios, Problems, and Risks / Giovanni Cesareo, 403
19 The Political Economy of Audiences / Daniel Biltereyst and Philippe Meers, 415
20 The Political Economy of Personal Information / Oscar H. Gandy, Jr., 436
21 The Political Economy of Political Ignorance / Sophia Kaitatzi-Whitlock, 458
V. EMERGING ISSUES AND DIRECTIONS
22 Media and Communication Studies Going Global / Jan Ekecrantz, 485
23 New International Debates on Culture, Information, and Communication / Armand Mattelart, 501
24 Global Capitalism, Temporality, and the Political Economy of Communication / Wayne Hope, 521
25 Global Media Capital and Local Media Policy / Michael Curtin, 541
26 The Challenge of China: Contribution to a Transcultural Political Economy of Communication for the Twenty-First Century / Yuezhi Zhao, 558
