The Political Economy of Communication

Mosco, Vincent

doi:10.1057/9781137540089.0008

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“…The theoretical framework is that of the political economy of communication (Mosco, 2009;McChesney, 2008). This approach falls within the broader realm of digital convergence, which is a developing process (Quinn, 2005;Dupagne & Garrison, 2006;Deuze, 2004) brought about by the emergence of new logics that highlight the existing tension between change and tradition that defines modern journalism (Mitchelstein & Boczkowski, 2009;Pavlik, 2001).…”

Section: Goals Methodsology and Theoretical Frame-workmentioning

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Between Decline and a New Online Business Model: The Case of the Spanish Newspaper Industry

Casero-Ripollés

Castillo

2013

Journal of Media Business Studies

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Journalism is immersed in a context of significant changes. Technological innovations, the Internet and digitisation combined with a double-industry structure and a contextual crisis are the basis of this complex situation that has generated a strong decrease in revenues. This paper analyses one basic element of the redefinition of the journalism sector: the emergence of new business models in a digital convergence scenario. A case study methodology is used to analyse the strategy developed by the key Spanish newspaper editorial groups Prisa, Unidad Editorial SA (Unedisa) and Vocento. By utilising this approach, we are able to analyse the position of these editorial groups as they attempt to define the current sector and to face changes in the digital era.

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Between Decline and a New Online Business Model: The Case of the Spanish Newspaper Industry

Casero-Ripollés

Castillo

2013

Journal of Media Business Studies

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“…In fact, media firms are direct beneficiaries of government policies and managers of the corporate media strive hard to maintain a close liaison with government officials in order to protect their economic interests (Altschull, 1995;Anderson, 1991;Bagdikian, 2004, Bettig & Hall, 2001Herman & Chomsky, 1989;McChesney, 2008;Wasko, 2004;Zelizer & Allan, 2011). Mosco (2008) argues that "political economy of communication has always contained an important international dimension" (p. 40). This article concludes that media, especially film discourse, influences public opinion as has been manifested by the commercial success of four movies selected to examine Bollywood's connections with the Indian Foreign Ministry.…”

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“…The Indian government has realized growing social, economic, and political importance of Bollywood as Indian culture industry is no more constrained within Indian boundaries (Gokulsing & Dassnayake, 2009). Bollywood has emerged as a transnational entertainment producer having strong connections with Western media conglomerates (Mosco, 2008). Its products are popular across the globe and these are officially presented to foreign dignitaries as an ingredient of diplomatic courtesy.…”

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“…The dominant ideology and hegemonic ideas emerging as a result of the interplay between forces of exploitation controlling economic structure of media industry necessitates a critique of mass media (Flew, 2007;Mosco, 2008). Similar to the Marxian critique of capitalism, a critical appraisal of mass media would lead to a broader comprehension of the existing social, political and economic order in classridden societies (Flew, 2007).…”

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Bollywoodization of foreign policy: How film discourse portrays tension between states

Rasul¹,

Mukhtar

2015

JMC

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As the nexus between film industry and state apparatus has grown critical and complex in the wake of war on terror, academic circle have paid attention to identify the patterns of relationship between entertainment industry of a country and its foreign policy. To understand the role of the soft power in assisting governments to secure their interests at international level, this article examines the relationship between Bollywood and the Indian foreign policy through the lens of critical political economy of communication approach. Popular films portraying tension and cooperation between the South Asian neighbors were critically analyzed, and the results indicated that Bollywood closely followed the foreign policy initiative of the Indian government.

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“…Related to this work is the challenging and wide-ranging historical and critical philosophical approach to the poverty of human experience and potential enforced by capitalistic media structures presented by Vincent Mosco (2009). These critiques resonate with Golding and Murdock's attempts to 'humanize' the results of growing corporate control of media systems exposed to the market by deregulation that removes the audience as citizens from the construction of government media policies.…”

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Powerful Music: Media, Culture and the 'Third-way' in New Zealand. A Grounded Theory Analysis of Kiwi FM

Mollgaard¹

2018

Preprint

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The New Zealand radio market is one of the most deregulated in the world. There are no limits on ownership, very few constraints on content and no quotas for local content. New Zealand's radio environment reflects the strong neo-liberal principles that underpin the open, market-driven New Zealand economy. Political promises and public discussions about the creation of a nationwide commercial-free public radio service for young people had faltered against these principles in the early to mid-2000s with strong opposition from incumbent commercial radio interests decrying government interference in their commercial rights. It was in to this environment in 2005 that one half of the foreignowned radio broadcasting duopoly introduced a radio network into the three main cities that played only New Zealand music -Kiwi FM. Within a year the network had failed to attract sufficient listeners and advertisers to stay on-air and was nearing closure. At this point the Labour government of the day stepped in to save the struggling network by giving it access to temporary free frequencies and funding to make programmes featuring New Zealand music. This was an extraordinary situation in that commercial radio in New Zealand is notable for its focus on producing only programming that will create significant profits for shareholders, rather than public service-type programming benefiting national arts and culture. It was also extraordinary in that the government had intervened to support a commercial company to ensure a failed radio network would survive.This dissertation explores why and how this happened through a grounded theory analysis of the significant amount of official documentation this situation generated, through interviews with key players and other contemporaneous material such as media interviews, blogs and newspaper articles about Kiwi FM. What emerges from this data is evidence of a 'third-way' agenda operating in this situation -New Zealand's version of the then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair's 'Cool Britannia' appeal to voters in what amounted to public-private partnerships in the cultural sectors of the economy. This 'third-way' promise to revitalise a shared sense of nationhood while delivering economic growth through improving the creative industry's capacity to output marketable culture was echoed in New Zealand. The story of how multinational media company CanWest (owners of Kiwi FM) came to be a partner with the Labour government in promoting New Zealand music demonstrates some of the key issues inherent in this approach.Importantly, these partnerships rely on personal connections and relationships as well as the growing interconnections and shifting power differentials created between governments and officials, businesses and the media. The Kiwi FM story shows that while partnering with businesses in order to achieve cultural-economic goals such as promoting and monetising a national music culture may seem logical 3 and low-risk, business necessarily has a longer view beyond the e...

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The Political Economy of Communication

Cited by 210 publications

References 14 publications

Between Decline and a New Online Business Model: The Case of the Spanish Newspaper Industry

Between Decline and a New Online Business Model: The Case of the Spanish Newspaper Industry

Bollywoodization of foreign policy: How film discourse portrays tension between states

Powerful Music: Media, Culture and the 'Third-way' in New Zealand. A Grounded Theory Analysis of Kiwi FM

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