Critical Discourse Analysis and Political Economy of Communication

Understanding the New Corporate Order

Bibliographic Data

ID6141671
AuthorsPaul Graham (0000-0002-2753-2547, Queensland University of Technology, corresponding author), Allan Luke (Queensland University of Technology)
Year2011
Volume7
Issue1
Pages103-132
Publication date2011-02-11
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCultural Politics an International Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1743-2197 • E-ISSN: 1751-7435
PublisherDuke University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2752/175174311x12861940861824
OpenAlexW2092587498
LanguageEN
Citations received17
References cited25

This article uses critical discourse analysis to analyze material shifts in the political economy of communications. It examines texts of major corporations to describe four key changes in political economy: (1) the separation of ownership from control; (2) the separation of business from industry; (3) the separation of accountability from responsibility; and (4) the subjugation of “going concerns” by overriding concerns. The authors argue that this amounts to a political economic shift from traditional concepts of “capitalism” to a new “corporatism” in which the relationships between public and private, state and individual interests have become redefined and obscured through new discourse strategies. They conclude that the present financial and regulatory “crisis” cannot be adequately resolved without a new analytic framework for examining the relationships between corporation, discourse, and political economy

Accountability · Capitalism · Corporation · Corporatism · Economic system · Economics · Order (exchange · Political economy · Political science · Politics · State (computer science · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Law · Finance

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