MCC-UE 14 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Edward Snowden, James Mill, Feminist Theory
15 Oct 2016
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Political economy as a critical approach to media. Classical or liberal (and now, neo-liberal) political economists believed a market left free to fulfill the wants, needs, and desires of consumers would produce a prosperous, dynamic economy that would benefit everyone. In fact, less regulated markets have historically produced boom-and-bust cycles and increased concentration of wealth in the hands of a few. The free-market versus pro-regulation ideological positions inform much of media studies, especially with regards to issues of corporate power in and control of media. Globalization of political economy increasingly international ownership and multinational production of mass media international distribution systems/infrastructure the international scope of media scholarship. Evolving, transnational class divisions (rise of a transnational wealth class and. Homogenization hypothesis, which argues that mass media is increasingly dumbed down into bland, unvaried content. Media imperialism argument, i. e. , the mediascape and media content is dominated by the us and/or western europe. Allows us to explore how media proliferates.
