Critique of the Political Economy of the Media : Foundations and Applications.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Knoche, Manfred.

Series:

Critical, Digital and Social Media Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Economic aspects.

Mass media.

Capitalism--Social aspects.

Capitalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Westminster Press, 2025.

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.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series page

Title page

Copyright page

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part 1 Foundations of the Critique of the Political Economy of the Media

1. Capitalisation of the Media Industry

2. The Crisis-Ridden Capitalist Mode of Production as Driving Force for Restructurations and Transformations in and of the Media Industry

3. The Media Industry’s Structural Transformation in Capitalism and the Role of the State: Media Economics in the Age of Digital Communications

4. Media, Journalism, and the Public Sphere in the Private Family Ownership of Capitalist Media Companies

Part 2 Applications of the Critique of the Political Economy of the Media

5. Media Concentration

6. Development of Media Technologies as “New Media”

7. Advertising – a Necessary “Elixir of Life” for Capitalism

8. Alternative Media: Free from State, Market, and Capital(ism)? On the Antagonisms of Alternative Media and the Alternative Economy

9. Towards the Liberation from Capitalist Business Models: The De-capitalisation of Journalism and Communication Studies

10. Science Communication and Open Access: The Critique of the Political Economy of Capitalist Academic Publishers as Ideology Critique

Part 3 Postface

11. On the Critique of the Political Economy of Digital Capitalism: The Importance of Manfred Knoche’s Contributions to the Critique of the Political Economy of the Media Today Christian Fuchs

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ISBN:

1-915445-49-3

1-915445-50-7

OCLC:

1518549359