The Political Economy of the Media (International Library of Studies in Media and Culture Series, vol.1

These volumes bring together key readings in the political economy of the mass media. The collection provides a set of texts defining, analyzing and explaining the place of the mass media in modern society. Volume 1: -- Part I. Defining Political Economy -- Part Ii. Communications And Capitalist Enterprise -- Part Iii. Communications, Ideology And Capitalism -- Part Iv. Communication And The Global Order. Edited By Peter Golding And Graham Murdock. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This collection defines, analyses and explains the place of mass media in modern society. It includes extracts from key commentators and seminal thinkers in the field These two volumes bring together key readings in the political economy of the mass media and analyse and explain the role of the media in modern society.