Toward a political economy of culture : capitalism and communication in the twenty-first century / edited by Andrew Calabrese and Colin Sparks.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Calabrese, Andrew, 1956-

Sparks, Colin, 1947-

Series:

Critical media studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication--Social aspects.

Communication.

Mass media--Social aspects.

Mass media.

Culture.

Capitalism.

Information society.

Physical Description:

xii, 375 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2004]

Summary:

Several of the most important and influential political economists of communication working today explore a rich mix of topics and issues that link work, policy studies, and research and theory about the public sphere to the heritage of political economy. Familiar but still exceedingly important topics covered include market structures and media concentration, regulation and policy, technological impacts on particular media sectors, information poverty, and media access. The book also features several new topics for future political economy study. 0742526844 Several of the most important and influential political economists of communication working today explore a rich mix of topics and issues that link work, policy studies, and research and theory about the public sphere to the heritage of political economy. Familiar but still exceedingly important topics covered include market structures and media concentration, regulation and policy, technological impacts on particular media sectors, information poverty, and media access. The book also features several new topics for future political economy study. 0742526852 The midterm contests for the Senate, House of Representatives, and 36 governorships produced drama aplenty in 2002. A tragic plane crash killed a U.S. senator just ten days before the election, casting his state into mourning and political confusion.

Contents:

Part I Taking Stock of the Political Economy of Communication and Culture

1 Toward a Political Economy of Culture / Andrew Calabrese 1

2 The Rise of the Westminster School / James Curran 13

3 Making a Molehill out of a Mountain: The Sad State of Political Economy in U.S. Media Studies / Robert McChesney 41

Part II Capitalism, Communication, and the Public Sphere

4 "The Marketplace of Ideas": A History of the Concept / John Durham Peters 65

5 Capitalism and Communication: A New Era of Society or the Accentuation of Long-Term Tendencies? / Bernard Miege 83

6 Kugai: The Lost Public Sphere in Japanese History / Tatsuro Hanada 95

7 Truth Commissions, Nation Building, and International Human Rights: The South African Experience and the Politics of Human Rights Post-9/11 / Robert Horwitz 111

Part III The Political Economy of Film and Broadcasting

8 Show Me the Money: Challenging Hollywood Economics / Janet Wasko 131

9 The Fight for Proportionality in Broadcasting / Richard Collins 151

10 Broadcasting and the Market: The Case of Public Television / Giuseppe Richeri 178

11 Living with Monsters: Can Broadcasting Regulation Make a Difference? / Sylvia Harvey 194

Part IV New Media, the Information Society, and Other Obscure Objects

12 Capitalism's Chernobyl? From Ground Zero to Cyberspace and Back Again / Vincent Mosco 211

13 New Media and the Forces of Capitalism / Robin Mansell, Michele Javary 228

14 Dismantling the Digital Divide: Rethinking the Dynamics of Participation and Exclusion / Graham Murdock, Peter Golding 244

15 Building the Information Society in EU Candidate Countries: A Long Way to Go / Jean-Claude Burgelman, Elissaveta Gourova, Marc Bogdanowicz 261

16 Romanticism in Business Culture: The Internet, the 1990s, and the Origins of Irrational Exuberance / Thomas Streeter 286

17 The Impact of the Internet on the Existing Media / Colin Sparks 307

Part V Extending the Boundaries of Political Economy

18 Audiences on Demand / Oscar H. Gandy Jr. 327

19 Feminist Theory and the Political Economy of Communication / Ellen Riordan 342.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0742526836

0742526844

OCLC:

52134749