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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791955503321

Autore

Fitzgerald Scott W. <1973->

Titolo

Corporations and cultural industries [[electronic resource] ] : Time Warner, Bertelsmann, and News Corporation / / Scott W. Fitzgerald

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2012

ISBN

1-283-43278-1

9786613432780

0-7391-4405-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (473 p.)

Collana

Critical media studies

Disciplina

338.7/610705

Soggetti

Cultural industries

Conglomerate corporations

Industrial concentration

Mass media and globalization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

List of tables -- List of figures -- List of acronyms and abbreviations -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Cultural corporations and capitalist imperatives -- Corporate strategy and structure in an age of "paranational hypercapitalism" -- Global media, regulation and the state -- Time Warner -- Bertelsmann -- News Corporation -- Conclusion -- List of references -- Endnotes -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Corporations and Cultural Industries: Time Warner, Bertelsmann, and News Corporation, by Scott Warren Fitzgerald, fills an important neglected area in communication and media studies through its sustained, theoretically-grounded, and empirically rich analysis of three of the most important global media conglomerates of our time: Time Warner, Bertelsmann, and News Corp. The books examines how financialization processes re-gear the internal operations of media corporations in a manner that pits one sector against another.