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Zusatztext Political Economies of the Media: The Transformation of the Global Media is probably one of the most inspiring books in political economy I have read in recent years. A wide variety of topical issues is debated and statements are underpinned by an impressive amount of empirical data... This book is a must-read for everyone interested in the structural mechanisms underlying power and control in the media and information industries. Informationen zum Autor Dal Yong Jin is Assistant Professor at Simon Fraser University and Associate Professor at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. Dwayne Winseck is Professor at the School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University, Canada. Zusammenfassung This book consists of a collection of essays discussing various aspects of contemporary digital media. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Preface AcknowledgmentsPart One: Introductory Essay 1The Political Economies of Media and the Transformation of the Global Media Industries: An Introductory Essay 3Dwayne Winseck, Carleton UniversityPart Two: From the Singular to the Plural-Theorizing the Digital and Networked Media Industries in theTwenty-First Century Principal ongoing mutations of Cultural and Informational Industries Bernand Miège, Carleton UniversityMedia Ownership, Oligarchies, and Globalization: Media Concentration in South America Guillermo Mastrini and Martín Becerra, University of Buenos AiresMedia as Creative Industries: Conglomeration and Globalization as Accumulation Strategies in an Age of Digital Media Terry Flew, Queensland University of TechnologyThe Structure and Dynamics of Communications Business Networks in an Era of Convergence: Mapping the Global Networks of the Information Business Amelia Arsenault, Annenberg School, University of PennsylvaniaPart Three The Conquest of Capital or Creative Gales of Destruction? Hard Jobs in Hollywood: How Concentration in Distribution Affects the Production Side of the Media Entertainment Industry 123Susan Christopherson, Cornell UniversityFinancialization and the "Crisis of the Media": The Rise and Fall of (Some) Media Conglomerates in Canada Dwayne Winseck, Carleton UniversityDeconvergence and Deconsolidation in the Global Media Industries: The Rise and Fall of (Some) Media Conglomerate(s) Dal Yong Jin, Simon Fraser UniversityNavigational Media: The Political Economy of Online Traffic Elizabeth Van Couvering, Leicester UniversityThe Contemporary World Wide Web: Social Medium or New Space of Accumulation? Christian Fuchs, Uppsala UniversityPart Four Communication, Conventions, and "Crises"Running on empty?: The Uncertain Financial Futures of Public Service Media in the Contemporary Media PolicyEnvironmentPeter A. Thompson, University of WellingtonMediation, Financialization, and the Global Financial Crisis: An Inverted Political Economy Perspective Aeron Davis, University of LondonThe Wizards of Oz: Peering Behind the Curtain on the RelationshipBetween Central Banks and the Business Media Marc-André Pigeon, Carleton UniversityReferences Suggested Subject Index Terms...
