Political Economy of Media

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The study of how ownership, control, and regulation of media affect the production and distribution of media content.

Media ownership: Deals with the power structure of the media industry, and the concentration of media ownership by a few large corporations.
Advertising: How corporate advertising shapes the content and formats of media, and how it influences our understanding of the world.
Regulation: The role of the government in regulating or controlling media, and how it impacts free speech, media diversity, and democracy.
Globalization: The impact of globalization on media and the evolution of the global media economy.
New Media: The ways in which digital technologies are changing the media economy and the impact of these changes on politics and democracy.
Ideology: The role of media in shaping our understanding of the world and the belief systems that underpin it.
Cultural imperialism: The impact of globalization and the dominance of Western media on the cultures and identities of non-Western societies.
Media bias: The ways in which media can be biased through the selection of stories, the framing of issues, and the use of language.
Media representation: The ways in which media represent particular social groups, and the impact of these representations on power relations.
Audience: The role of the audience in shaping media content, and the ways in which media producers try to attract and engage audiences.
Marxist theory of media: This theory looks at how media operates within the context of capitalist societies, how media is owned and controlled by capitalist interests for the purpose of profit-making.
Globalization theory of media: This theory focuses on the role of the media in the process of globalization and how global media flows shape cultural and economic relations.
Cultural studies theory of media: This theory emphasizes the role of media in the production and reproduction of cultural meaning and values.
Feminist theory of media: This theory looks at how media represents and constructs gender and how gender inequalities are perpetuated in media cultures.
Post-colonial theory of media: This theory looks at how media represents and constructs culture and identity in the context of colonialism and its aftermath.
Critical race theory of media: This theory looks at how media represents and constructs race and how racial inequalities are perpetuated in media cultures.
Neoliberal theory of media: This theory emphasizes the role of market forces and competition in shaping media content and practices.
Political economy theory of media: This theory focuses on the political and economic factors that shape media ownership, control, and content production.
"The Political Economy of Communications is a particular branch in Communication studies or media studies which studies the power relations that shape the communication of information from the mass media to its public."
"PEC analyzes the power relations between the mass media system, information and communications technologies (ICTs) and the wider socioeconomic structure in which these operate."
"PEC has proliferated in the 2000s with the modernization of technology. The advancement of media has created conversation about the effects of colonialism and PEC."
"The Political Economy of Communications...studies the power relations that shape the communication of information from the mass media to its public."
"The Political Economy of Communications is a particular branch in Communication studies or media studies..."
"PEC analyzes the power relations between the mass media system, information and communications technologies (ICTs)..."
"PEC analyzes the power relations...and the wider socioeconomic structure in which these operate..."
"PEC has proliferated in the 2000s with the modernization of technology."
"PEC has proliferated in the 2000s..."
"The advancement of media has created conversation about the effects of colonialism and PEC."
"...studies the power relations that shape the communication of information from the mass media to its public."
"PEC analyzes the power relations between the mass media system, information and communications technologies (ICTs)..."
"PEC analyzes the power relations...and the wider socioeconomic structure in which these operate..."
"The Political Economy of Communications is a particular branch in Communication studies or media studies..."
"PEC has proliferated in the 2000s with the modernization of technology."
"The advancement of media has created conversation about the effects of colonialism and PEC."
"...studies the power relations that shape the communication of information from the mass media to its public."
"PEC analyzes the power relations between the mass media system, information and communications technologies (ICTs)..."
"...with a focus on understanding the historical and current state of technological developments."
"The advancement of media...has created conversation about the effects of colonialism and PEC."