The Handbook of Political Economy of Communications [Paperback]

Over the last decade, political economy has grown rapidly as a specialist area of research and teaching within communications and media studies and is now established as a core element in university programmes around the world. The Handbook of Political Economy of Communications offers students and scholars a comprehensive, authoritative, up-to-date and accessible overview of key areas and debates.

• Combines overviews of core ideas with new case study materials and the best of contemporary theorization and research
• Written many of the best known authors in the field
• Includes an international line-up of contributors, drawn from the key markets of North and Latin America, Europe, Australasia, and the Far East

Notes on Contributors viii

Series Editor's Preface xv

Acknowledgments xvi

Introduction: The Political Economy of Communications: Core Concerns and Issues 1
Janet Wasko, Graham Murdock, and Helena Sousa

Part I Legacies and Debates 11

1 Political Economies as Moral Economies: Commodities, Gifts, and Public Goods 13
Graham Murdock

2 The Political Economy of Communication Revisited 41
Nicholas Garnham

3 Markets in Theory and Markets in Television 62
Eileen R. Meehan and Paul J. Torre

4 Theorizing the Cultural Industries: Persistent Specificities and Reconsiderations 83
Bernard Miège (translation by Chloé Salles)

5 Communication Economy Paths: A Latin American Approach 109
Martín Becerra and Guillermo Mastrini

Part II Modalities of PolƒT