Over the last decade, political economy has grown rapidly as aspecialist area of research and teaching within communications andmedia studies and is now established as a core element inuniversity programmes around the world. The Handbook ofPolitical Economy of Communications offers students andscholars a comprehensive, authoritative, up-to-date and accessibleoverview of key areas and debates.* Combines overviews of core ideas with new case study materialsand the best of contemporary theorization and research* Written many of the best known authors in the field* Includes an international line-up of contributors, drawn fromthe key markets of North and Latin America, Europe, Australasia,and the Far East

About the Editors viiiNotes on Contributors ixSeries Editor's Preface xviAcknowledgments xviiIntroduction: The Political Economy of Communications: Core Concerns and Issues 1Janet Wasko, Graham Murdock, and Helena SousaPart I Legacies and Debates 111 Political Economies as Moral Economies: Commodities, Gifts, and Public Goods 13Graham Murdock2 The Political Economy of Communication Revisited 41Nicholas Garnham3 Markets in Theory and Markets in Television 62Eileen R. Meehan and Paul J. Torre4 Theorizing the Cultural Industries: Persistent Specificities and Reconsiderations 83Bernard Miège (translation by Chloé Salles)5 Communication Economy Paths: A Latin American Approach 109Martín Becerra and Guillermo MastriniPart II Modalities of Power: Ownership, Advertising, Government 1276 The Media Amid Enterprises, the Public, and the State: New Challenges for Research 129Giuseppe Richeri7 Media Ownership, Concentration, and Control: The Evolution of Debate 140John D. H. Downing8 Maximizing Value: Economic and Cultural Synergies 169Nathan Vaughan9 Economy, Ideology, and Advertising 187Roque Faraone10 Branding and Culture 206John Sinclair11 Liberal Fictions: The Public-Private Dichotomy in Media Policy 226Andrew Calabrese and Colleen Mihal12 The Militarization of US Communications 264Dan Schiller13 Journalism Regulation: State Power and Professional Autonomy 283Helena Sousa and Joaquim FidalgoPart III Conditions of Creativity: Industries, Production, Labor 30514 The Death of Hollywood: Exaggeration or Reality? 307Janet Wasko15 The Political Economy of the Recorded Music Industry: Redefinitions and New Trajectories in the Digital Age 331André Sirois and Janet Wasko16 The Political Economy of Labor 358Vincent Mosco17 Toward a Political Economy of Labor in the Media Industries 381David Hesmondhalgh and Sarah BakerPart IV Dynamics of Consumption: Choice, Mobilization, Control 40118 From the "Work of Consumption" to the "Work of Prosumers": New Scenarios, Problems, and Risks 403Giovanni Cesareo19 The Political Economy of Audiences 415Daniel Biltereyst and Philippe Meers20 The Political Economy of Personal Information 436Oscar H. Gandy, Jr.21 The Political Economy of Political Ignorance 458Sophia Kaitatzi-WhitlockPart V Emerging Issues and Directions 48322 Media and Communication Studies Going Global 485Jan Ekecrantz23 New International Debates on Culture, Information, and Communication 501Armand Mattelart (translation by Liz Libbrecht)24 Global Capitalism, Temporality, and the Political Economy of Communication 521Wayne Hope25 Global Media Capital and Local Media Policy 541Michael Curtin26 The Challenge of China: Contribution to a Transcultural Political Economy of Communication for the Twenty-First Century 558Yuezhi ZhaoName Index 583Subject Index 596