Introduction: The Political Economy of Communications: Core Concerns and Issues

Wasko, Janet; Murdock, Graham; Sousa, Helena

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“…More recent definitions of the primary aspects of the critical political economy of communication also echo the earlier definitions (e.g. Garnham 2011;Meehan, Mosco, and Wasko 1993;Mosco 2009;Wasko, Murdock, and Sousa 2011). Meehan, Mosco, and Wasko's (1993, 113) discussion of "method" is telling: It makes no reference to the dialectical method of reasoning while claiming use of what it describes as the "analytical" methods of sociology, history, and political economy, including Marx.…”

Section: Critical Political Economy Of Communication: the Problem Of mentioning

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Critical Political Economy of Communication and the Problem of Method

Nixon¹

2015

Marx and the Political Economy of the Media

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This chapter argues that the quality that defines critical political economy is its critical method. Definitions of the critical political economy of communication are considered and shown to focus on specific theoretical concerns while not fully addressing the fundamental issue of a critical method. A critical method for Marx is a historical materialist dialectical method, thus this paper argues for a deeper consideration of the Marxist dialectical method in relation to critical politicaleconomic theorizing of communication. Sources for methodological development from Marx to 20th-century Western Marxists are outlined. The potential contribution of the Marxist dialectical method to the continued development of the critical political economy of communication is demonstrated by showing the possibility of developing a critical political economy of communication as capital focused on the central role of exploiting audience labour by controlling the conditions of cultural consumption and significaton.

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Section: Critical Political Economy Of Communication: the Problem Of mentioning

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Critical Political Economy of Communication and the Problem of Method

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2015

Marx and the Political Economy of the Media

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“…Garnham 2011;Meehan, Mosco, and Wasko 1993;Mosco 2009;Wasko, Murdock, and Sousa 2011). Meehan, Mosco, and Wasko's (1993, 113) discussion of "method" is telling: It makes no reference to the dialectical method of reasoning while claiming use of what it describes as the "analytical" methods of sociology, history, and political economy, including Marx.…”

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Dialectical Method and the Critical Political Economy of Culture

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2012

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This article argues that the quality that defines critical political economy is its critical method. Definitions of the critical political economy of culture are considered and shown to focus on specific theoretical concerns while not fully addressing the fundamental issue of method. Method is here discussed in terms of the way human reason is used to produce knowledge. A critical method for Marx is a historical materialist dialectical method, thus this paper argues for a deeper consideration of the Marxist dialectical method in relation to critical political-economic theorizing. Sources for methodological consideration from Marx to 20th-century Western Marxists are outlined. The potential contribution of the Marxist dialectical method in the continued development of the critical political economy of culture is demonstrated by showing the possibility of developing a complementary critical political economy of consciousness. Smythe's theorizing of audiences as workers is considered as a useful starting point, and its potential development through incorporation of the work of other critical scholars of media and culture is outlined.

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“…For critical political economists such as Wasko,Murdock,and Sousa,9 media economics "avoids political and historical analysis . .…”

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Reconsidering Media Economics: From Orthodoxies to Heterodoxies

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Flew²

2015

Media Industries Journal

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Abstract:This paper argues the case for closer attention to media economics on the part of media, communications, and cultural studies researchers. It points to a plurality of approaches to media economics, including the mainstream neoclassical school and critical political economy, but also new insights derived from perspectives that are less well known outside of the economics discipline, such as new institutional economics and evolutionary economics. It applies these frameworks to current debates about the future of public service media, noting limitations to both "market failure" and citizenship discourses and identifying challenges relating to institutional governance, public policy, and innovation as public service media worldwide adapt to a digitally convergent media environment.

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Introduction: The Political Economy of Communications: Core Concerns and Issues

Cited by 34 publications

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Critical Political Economy of Communication and the Problem of Method

Critical Political Economy of Communication and the Problem of Method

Dialectical Method and the Critical Political Economy of Culture

Reconsidering Media Economics: From Orthodoxies to Heterodoxies

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