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Contents

Foreword x
JAMES CURRAN

PART I
Mapping approaches and themes 1

1 What (is) political economy of the media? 3

2 Paradigms of media power: liberal and radical perspectives
on media processes 37
3 Media cultures, media economics and media problems 57

PART II
Critical investigations in political economy 77

4 Concentration, conglomeration, commercialisation 79
5 Political economy of the Internet and digital media 108

6 Marketing communications and media 135

7 Globalisation, media transnationalisation and culture 157

8 Media convergence and communications regulation 177

PART III
Interventions and change 193

9 Media power, challenges and alternatives 195

Bibliography 214
Index 235