The Handbook of Political Economy of Communications

<p>Notes on Contributors viii</p>
<p>Series Editor′s Preface xv</p>
<p>Acknowledgments xvi</p>
<p>Introduction: The Political Economy of Communications: Core Concerns and Issues 1<br /> Janet Wasko, Graham Murdock, and Helena Sousa</p>
<p>Part I Legacies and Debates 11</p>
<p>1 Political Economies as Moral Economies: Commodities, Gifts, and Public Goods 13<br /> Graham Murdock</p>
<p>2 The Political Economy of Communication Revisited 41<br /> Nicholas Garnham</p>
<p>3 Markets in Theory and Markets in Television 62<br /> Eileen R. Meehan and Paul J. Torre</p>
<p>4 Theorizing the Cultural Industries: Persistent Specificities and Reconsiderations 83<br /> Bernard Mi&egrave;ge (translation by Chlo&eacute; Salles)</p>
<p>5 Communication Economy Paths: A Latin American Approach 109<br /> Mart&iacute;n Becerra and Guillermo Mastrini</p>
<p>Part II Modalities of Power: Ownership, Advertising, Government 127</p>
<p>6 The Media Amid Enterprises, the Public, and the State: New Challenges for Research 129<br /> Giuseppe Richeri</p>
<p>7 Media Ownership, Concentration, and Control: The Evolution of Debate 140<br /> John D. H. Downing</p>
<p>8 Maximizing Value: Economic and Cultural Synergies 169<br /> Nathan Vaughan</p>
<p>9 Economy, Ideology, and Advertising 187<br /> Roque Faraone</p>
<p>10 Branding and Culture 206<br /> John Sinclair</p>
<p>11 Liberal Fictions: The Public Private Dichotomy in Media Policy 226<br /> Andrew Calabrese and Colleen Mihal</p>
<p>12 The Militarization of US Communications 264<br /> Dan Schiller</p>
<p>13 Journalism Regulation: State Power and Professional Autonomy 283<br /> Helena Sousa and Joaquim Fidalgo</p>
<p>Part III Conditions of Creativity: Industries, Production, Labor 305</p>
<p>14 The Death of Hollywood: Exaggeration or Reality? 307<br /> Janet Wasko</p>
<p>15 The Political Economy of the Recorded Music Industry: Redefinitions and New Trajectories in the Digital Age 331<br /> Andr&eacute; Sirois and Janet Wasko</p>
<p>16 The Political Economy of Labor 358<br /> Vincent Mosco</p>
<p>17 Toward a Political Economy of Labor in the Media Industries 381<br /> David Hesmondhalgh and Sarah Baker</p>
<p>Part IV Dynamics of Consumption: Choice, Mobilization, Control 401</p>
<p>18 From the "Work of Consumption" to the "Work of Prosumers": New Scenarios, Problems, and Risks 403<br /> Giovanni Cesareo</p>
<p>19 The Political Economy of Audiences 415<br /> Daniel Biltereyst and Philippe Meers</p>
<p>20 The Political Economy of Personal Information 436<br /> Oscar H. Gandy, Jr.</p>
<p>21 The Political Economy of Political Ignorance 458<br /> Sophia Kaitatzi–Whitlock</p>
<p>Part V Emerging Issues and Directions 483</p>
<p>22 Media and Communication Studies Going Global 485<br /> Jan Ekecrantz</p>
<p>23 New International Debates on Culture, Information, and Communication 501<br /> Armand Mattelart (translation by Liz Libbrecht)</p>
<p>24 Global Capitalism, Temporality, and the Political Economy of Communication 521<br /> Wayne Hope</p>
<p>25 Global Media Capital and Local Media Policy 541<br /> Michael Curtin</p>
<p>26 The Challenge of China: Contribution to a Transcultural Political Economy of Communication for the Twenty–First Century 558<br /> Yuezhi Zhao</p>
<p>Name Index 583</p>
<p>Subject Index 596</p>