Table of Contents

Introduction
PART ONE: MAPPING THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF COMMUNICATION
What Is Political Economy?
The Political Economy of Communication
PART TWO: RETHINKING AND RENEWING THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF COMMUNICATION
Commodification
Spatialization
Structuration
Challenges on the Borders
Cultural Studies and Policy Studies

About the Author

Vincent Mosco is Canada Research Chair in Communication and Society and Professor of Sociology at Queen′s University, Canada

Reviews

`The political economy approach to mass media and communications scholarship has been amongst the most productive and inventive fields of work in recent years. Vincent Mosco has performed a heroic and invaluable task in mapping its intellectual and institutional history. But this is more than a masterful synopsis, it is also an original contribution to which students and scholars alike will turn for both reference and stimulus for years to come′ - Professor Peter Golding, Loughborough University `Clearly one of the most important books of the decade about the study of communications and where it is going. A volume of encyclopedic scope - it is scholarly and accessible, sympathetic yet honest. Mosco′s prodigious work about political economy is not only an unparalleled contribution, it will be one of its pillars′ - Professor Thomas Guback, University of Illinois