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Critical Political Economy of the Media: An Introduction

By Jonathan Hardy

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2014
ISBN
0415544831, 041554484X, 9780415544832, 9780415544849
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2112817 bytes)
Series
Communication and Society
Edition
1
Pages
266\266
Time added
2017-11-04 10:41:37
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Description

How the media are organised and funded is central to understanding their role in society. Critical Political Economy of the Media provides a clear, comprehensive and insightful introduction to the political economic analysis of contemporary media. Jonathan Hardy undertakes a critical survey of political economy scholarship encompassing worldwide literature, issues and debates, and relationships with other academic approaches. He assesses different ways of making sense of media convergence and digitalisation, media power and influence, and transformations across communication markets. Many of the problems of the media that prompted critical political economy research remain salient, he argues, but the approach must continue to adapt to new conditions and challenges. Hardy advances the case for a revitalised critical media studies for the 21st century.

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