Critical Political Economy of the Media

An Introduction

Bibliographic Data

ID19911320
AuthorsJonathan Hardy (0000-0003-0150-4799, University of East London, corresponding author)
Year2014
Pages266
Publication date2014-06-20
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueCritical Political Economy Of The Media (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9780203136225
OpenAlexW2779380858
Open LibraryOL51663716M
ISBN9780203136225
LanguageEN
Citations received97

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. Topics covered include: media ownership and financing news and entertainment convergence and the Internet media globalisation advertising and media alternative media media policy and regulation Introducing key concepts and research, this book explains how political economy can assist students, researchers and citizens to investigate and address vital questions about the media today

Economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Law · Political theory and Gramsci · Economic aspects · Mass media · Mass media, economic aspects