MDSB25H3 Lecture 4: MDSB25_W4_Lecture_Notes
Document Summary
The origins of the political economy of the media. Notes: last week"s class mapped the history of the intellectual tradition that has both given rise to and encompasses pec/m. Notes: this week"s class traces the emergence of the theoretical perspective of pec/m. Decentering the media with respect to the analysis of communication. Critiquing traditional approaches to the study of media and communication: communication as more than simply the transmission of information or the isolated study of media content. Developing the idea of communication [as] a social process of exchange broadly speaking, communication and society are mutually constituted. (m, p. 67) Critiquing the privatised structure and operation of the media industries. Understanding the relationship of media to broader social and cultural dynamics. Questioning government"s role as policy maker, regulator, media producer and service. Investigating conditions of media production, distribution and consumption provider. Providing intellectual and empirical support for social justice movements and alternative media providers.
