Critique of the Political Economy of the Media Foundations and Applications

Critique of the Political Economy of the Media is an approach to the critical analysis of the media’s role in contemporary society. It is based on Karl Marx’s theory of capitalism, using a combination of critical social theory and empirical social research for studying what role the media has in cap...

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Main Author Knoche, Manfred
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published University of Westminster Press 2025
Subjects
Communication studies
Cultural and media studies
Economics, Finance, Business and Management
Industry and industrial studies
Interdisciplinary studies
Media studies
Media, entertainment, information and communication industries
News media and journalism
Publishing industry and journalism
Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects
Society and culture: general
Society and Social Sciences
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Summary:Critique of the Political Economy of the Media is an approach to the critical analysis of the media’s role in contemporary society. It is based on Karl Marx’s theory of capitalism, using a combination of critical social theory and empirical social research for studying what role the media has in capitalism. It introduces a theoretical framework that engages with important themes including the crisis-ridden structural transformation of the media industry, media economics in the age of digital communications, media concentration, science communication and open access publishing, media technologies, the role of advertising in capitalism, and the contradictions of alternative media in capitalism.
ISBN:1915445515
1915445485
9781915445513
9781915445483
DOI:10.16997/book79