“Political economic research continues to explore the concentration of media ownership and the consequences of commercialized media for a consumer society”: Interview with Janet Wasko

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  • Denis Gerson Simões Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos

Resumo

Eptic: How do you observe the context of the research focus of the Political Economy of Communication within the U.S. academic community in the XXI century? In what direction are the main researches in the U.S. currently heading?
 
Janet Wasko: The study of the political economy of communications in the US continues to provide an important and essential analysis  for media studies. While mostly ignored by
mainstream media economists and rejected by  many cultural theorists, the tradition is continuing to grow, especially among new  communication scholars. Political economic esearch continues to explore the concentration of media ownership and the consequences of commercialized media for a consumer society. US and Canadian scholars also are developing an even more sophisticated theoretical foundation, as evidenced by a number of new books relating to theories of political economy and media. An interesting development is the tendency for younger scholars to integrate political economic analysis with cultural theories,
thus providing an even more compelling explanation of role in contemporary society.

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Biografia do Autor

Denis Gerson Simões, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos

Mestrando em Ciências da Comunicação na UNISINOS, membro do Grupo de Pesquisa CEPOS

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Publicado

2011-12-05

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Simões, D. G. (2011). “Political economic research continues to explore the concentration of media ownership and the consequences of commercialized media for a consumer society”: Interview with Janet Wasko. Revista Eletrônica Internacional De Economia Política Da Informação Da Comunicação E Da Cultura, 11(2). Recuperado de https://periodicos.ufs.br/eptic/article/view/133

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v. 11 n. 2 (2009): Revista Electrónica Internacional de Economía Política de las Tecnologías de la Informacíon y la Comunicación

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