The Political Economy of Communication 2/e

Vincent Mosco is Canada Research Chair in Communication and Society and Professor of Sociology at Queen's University, Canada

Overview of the Political Economy of Communication What is Political Economy? Definitions and Characteristics What is Political Economy? Schools of Thought The Development of a Political Economy of Communication The Political Economy of Communication: Building a Foundation The Political Economy of Communication Today Commodification: Content, Audiences, Labour Spatialization: Space, Time, and Communication Structuration: Class, Gender, Race, Social Movements, Hegemony Challenges on the Borders ... and Beyond

Vincent Mosco's heavily revised and thoroughly updated Political Economy of Communication is a masterpiece. (It) is the one single indispensable book that all media students and scholars need to read to understand this vital and growing area of research Robert W. McChesney University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Mosco has done all students of communication a great service by updating this book. It captures, summarizes and illustrates an important set of voices and arguments, key interlocutors in the ongoing effort to construct a critical theory and analytic of contemporary communication and culture Lawrence Grossberg University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The Political Economy of Communication is a contemporary classic of media studies. Now, in this comprehensively revised second edition, Vincent Mosco, among the leading media scholars of our or any time, brings his searing insights and crystal prose to bear on the latest issues and debates of the field... An indispensable resource for researchers, activists, and students everywhere. It is a classic all over again Toby Miller University of California, Riverside The new edition is updated throughout with an expansive bibliography and insights into the intersections between political economy and other disciplines such as sociology, geography, cultural studies, public choice theory and science and technology studies, among others...Mosco's The Political Economy of Communication, second edition, is a very important resource for scholars, providing a critical and updated review of the field while proposing a forward-looking vision. The book highlights fresh potentials and the continuous relevance of the political economy approach to the study of communication. I would also recommend this as a textbook for graduate courses. International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics