This book provides a critical political economic examination of the impact of increasingly concentrated global media industries. It addresses different media an

One of the foremost media critics provides a comprehensive analysis of the economic and political powers that are being mobilized to consolidate private control

The contributors show that digital media are disrupting entire media industries, but without erasing the past and insist that one media sector is not the same a

How the media are organised and funded is central to understanding their role in society. Critical Political Economy of the Media provides a clear, comprehensiv

"This book examines the influence of big companies in political institutions, the newsroom, and the classroom and its effect on every aspect of public and priva