Political Economy of Media and Communication: Methodological Approaches

This book is the first dedicated to research methods in the political economy of media and communication, providing a methodological toolkit to investigate the functioning of media, technology, and cultural industries in their historical, institutional, structural, and systemic contexts. It features contributions from across the globe and a variety of methodological perspectives, articulating methods with adjacent approaches to study concentration of ownership and power, pluralism and diversity, regulation and public policies, governance, genderization, and sustainability. It also charts methodological innovations critical political economists are adopting to analyze a rapidly transforming digital media landscape, exploring ideology, narratives, socio-analysis, and praxis in communication with ethnographic and participatory approaches, as well as designs for quantitative and qualitative methods of textual, discourse, and content analysis, network analyses, and more.

Format: Hardback
Length: 380 pages
Publication date: 01 February 2024
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The first comprehensive book dedicated to exploring research methods in the political economy of media and communication, it offers a comprehensive methodological toolkit to investigate the functioning of media, technology, and cultural industries within their historical, institutional, structural, and systemic contexts. Drawing from a diverse range of global perspectives and various methodological approaches, this volume presents the cutting-edge state of the art in political economy of media and communication methods, seamlessly integrating them with adjacent fields to study concentration of ownership and power, pluralism and diversity, regulation and public policies, governance, genderization, and sustainability. This collection showcases the methodological innovations that critical political economists are embracing to analyze the rapidly evolving digital media landscape, delving into ideology, narratives, socio-analysis, and praxis in communication alongside ethnographic and participatory approaches, as well as designs for quantitative and qualitative methods of textual, discourse, and content analysis, network analyses, which consider power relations affecting communication, including intersectional oppressions and the latest developments in artificial intelligence.

An indispensable resource for advanced undergraduates, postgraduate students, and researchers in the fields of media, cultural, and communication studies, particularly those specializing in the political economy of media and/or communication, media and communication theory, and research methods.

Weight: 900g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032473079