Handbook of Political Economy - Paperback

by Janet Wasko (Editor), Graham Murdock (Editor), Helena Sousa (Editor)

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

Back Jacket

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 programs 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 in the field.

This contemporary guide to political economics of communication combines authoritative overviews of core ideas with new case study materials and the best of contemporary theorization and research. Including newly commissioned essays by the best-known scholars in the field, this handbook explores and interrogates different approaches and problematics across different political and cultural regions, and offers a theoretical map of the field, both historically and conceptually.

Author Biography

Janet Wasko is Professor and Knight Chair in Communication Research at the University of Oregon (USA).

Graham Murdock is Professor of Culture and Economy at Loughborough University (UK).

Helena Sousa is Professor of Communications Sciences at the University of Minho (Portugal).