Power, Media, Culture: A Critical View from the Political Economy of Communication

Power, Media, Culture:<br> A Critical View from the Political Economy of Communication

Edited by Luis Albornoz

This book updates and revalidates critical political economy of communication approaches. It is destined to become a work of reference for those interested in delving into debates arising from the performance of traditional and new media, cultural and communication policy-making or sociocultural practices in the new digital landscape.

This is the second title in the Palgrave/IAMCR book series Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research

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Table of contents

Part I The Political Economy of Communication

  1. Current Challenges for the Critical Economy of Culture and Communication
    Ramón Zallo
  2. The Political Economy of Communication: A Living Tradition
    Vincent Mosco

    Part II Cultural or Creative Industries?

  3. Intellectuals and Cultural Policies
    Philip Schlesinger
  4. Cultural Industries, Creative Economy and the Information Society
    Gaëtan Tremblay
  5. Creativity versus Culture?
    Enrique Bustamante

    Part III Cultural Consumption from a Critical Perspective

  6. Studying Cultural Behaviours, Consumptions, Habits and Practices
    Armand Mattelart
  7. New Approaches for New Sociocultural Practices
    Micael Herschmann
  8. Cultural Consumption and Media Power
    Francisco Sierra

    Part IV Challenges in Thinking about Communication and Culture

  9. Digital Networks and Services: A New Political and Technological Agenda
    Luis A. Albornoz
  10. Communication and Epistemological Struggle
    César Bolaño
  11. Culture and Communication: A Political Economy View
    Delia Crovi Druetta

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Title: Power, Media, Culture.  A Critical View from the Political Economy of Communication
Series: Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research - A Palgrave and IAMCR Series
Editor: Luis Albornoz
Published: 2015
Pages: 248
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 978-1-137-54007-2

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