11606nam 2200709 a 450 991082508650332120240417021519.01-84964-035-1(CKB)1000000000802625(SSID)ssj0000425590(PQKBManifestationID)11294759(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000425590(PQKBWorkID)10369741(PQKB)11574402(MiAaPQ)EBC3386337(Au-PeEL)EBL3386337(CaPaEBR)ebr10479868(CaONFJC)MIL987787(OCoLC)654853199(EXLCZ)99100000000080262520010410d2001 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe political economy of global communication an introduction /Peter Wilkin1st ed.London ;Sterling, Va. Pluto Pressc2001vi, 163 p. illHuman security in the global economyBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7453-1401-5 0-7453-1406-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Understanding Human Security -- Human Security and International Relations -- Defining Human Security -- Security and the Study of International Relations -- Global Communication and Human Security -- Global Communication and World Order -- Communication, Human Security and the Public Sphere -- 2. Towards a Global Communications Industry -- Global Communication? A Historical Overview -- States and Mass Communications -- The Political Economy of Global Communication - Understanding the Transformation of Media Markets -- Technology, Ideology and Social Power in the Political Economy of Communication -- Neoliberal Political Economy -- The Impact of Neoliberal Political Economy - Globalising Tendencies -- A Qualitative Change in Global Communication? -- Global Communications? The Changing Structure of the Communications Industries -- Global Communication and the Changing Structure of Ownership and Control - From Synergy to Oligopoly -- Globalisation and the Information Society: an introduction -- Conclusions: Problems for Human Security -- 3. Human Security and Global Communication - Into the Twenty-First Century -- Knowledge, Power and Rationality -- Communication Needs and Human Security -- Developments in the Political Economy of Education -- Global Communication, Information and Human Security -- Neoliberal Political Economy - Idealised Brutality -- Conclusions: Obstacles to Human Security The Limits of the Neoliberal Analysis -- 4. Public Sphere, Private Power - The Limits to Autonomy and Human Security -- Developments in the Public Sphere -- A Neoliberal Utopia? - The Information Society Considered -- Conclusions: The Good Society? -- 5. Building the Perfect Beast: The Information Society Revealed.Democracy against Capitalism? The Neutered State -- Human Security, Autonomy and the Information Society -- Conclusions: Human Security and the Public Sphere in an Age of Information -- 6. Global Communication, Human Security and the Challenge to the Public Sphere -- Globalisation and Human Security -- Globalisation From Above ( GFA) -- Globalisation From Below ( GFB) -- The Global Public Sphere and Human Security -- Notes -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Bibliography -- Index -- ABC, -- 49 -- 88 -- abstraction 104 -- advertising -- 105 -- 106-7 -- Agence-France Presse 50 -- Anderson, Benedict 28 -- anti-systemic movements -- 59 -- 134 -- AOL-Time Warner -- 25 -- 49 -- 74 -- 79 -- Argentina -- 88 -- 101 -- Associated Press [USA] 79 -- AT and T 49 -- authoritarian governments -- 30 -- 83 -- 84 -- autonomy -- 2 -- 6 -- 22 -- 43-4 -- 55 -- 80 -- 84 -- 96 -- 113-14 -- 114-19 -- 122 -- 125 -- Bagdikian, Ben -- 37 -- 105 -- BBC -- 28 -- 37-8 -- 128 -- Bello, Walden 129 -- Berlusconi, Silvio -- 38 -- 104 -- Bertelsmann 25 -- Bogart, Leo 71 -- Booth, Ken 7 -- Brazil -- 88 -- 101 -- 111 -- Bretton Woods -- 39 -- 41 -- 76 -- British Telecommunications [BT] 49 -- Business Week 110 -- capital accumulation -- 25-6 -- 41 -- 70 -- 108-10 -- Capital Cities -- 49 -- 58 -- capitalism -- 12-13 -- 25-6 -- 32 -- 38 -- 41 -- 63 -- 69 -- 70 -- 75-6 -- 78-82 -- 86 -- 103-5 -- 108 -- 112 -- 125 -- Carr, E.H. -- 45 -- 55 -- 127 -- China -- 30 -- 88 -- 101 -- choice -- 39 -- 81-2 -- 91 -- Chomsky, Noam -- 58 -- 95 -- 134 -- Chossudovsky, Michel 63 -- cinema 72-3 -- cities [global] 42 -- citizenship -- 22 -- 75 -- 83-4 -- 93 -- 129 -- 132 -- civil society -- 3 -- 47 -- 48 -- 59 -- 93 -- 129 -- 132 -- Claritas Corporation -- 5 -- 88 -- class conflict -- 28 -- 29 -- Clinton, President -- 7 -- 36 -- 48 -- 75.Closed Circuit Television [CCTV] -- 36 -- 97 -- CNN 107 -- commodities [commodification] 2 -- communication -- global, 24 -- global, 24-7 -- global, 39 -- global, 62-3 -- global, 129-30 -- means of, 20 -- means of, 59 -- means of, 76 -- means of, 134 -- ownership and control, 20 -- ownership and control, 24-7 -- ownership and control, 47-8 -- ownership and control, 77 -- ownership and control, 120-122 -- ownership and control, 134 -- competition 39 -- complexity -- 8 -- 12-13 -- 45 -- Connolly, W 97 -- consumer sovereignty -- 40 -- 45 -- core capitalist states -- 31-2 -- 45 -- 73 -- 76 -- 78 -- 90 -- corporate mercantile capitalism -- corporate mercantile capitalism, 125 -- corporate mercantile capitalism, 133 -- corporate propaganda 122 -- Cox, Robert 118 -- Critical Theory 84 -- crony capitalism 89 -- cultural imperialism -- 30 -- 61 -- Dahl, Robert 21 -- Davies, Andrew 85 -- democracy/democratisation -- 17 -- 37 -- 59 -- 81 -- 84 -- 92-3 -- 96 -- 108 -- 110-11 -- deregulation -- 20 -- 40 -- 45 -- 94 -- digitisation 34 -- discourse[s] 99 -- Disney -- 25 -- 49 -- 88 -- Doyal, Len, and Gough, Ian 55 -- e-commerce 89 -- e-firms [business] 89 -- Eastern Europe -- 6 -- 44 -- 67 -- 109 -- Economist, The -- 74 -- 110 -- Education/literacy -- 59 -- 65-71 -- enabling state, the -- 67 -- 75 -- enlightenment, the -- 19 -- 54 -- 83 -- European Union [EU] -- 37-8 -- 77 -- 93 -- 110 -- 113 -- 127 -- evaluation 13-14 -- explanation -- 12-13 -- 53 -- 57 -- 58 -- fallibility 54 -- fibre-optic 34 -- financial instability -- 45 -- 89-90 -- Forbes magazine 74 -- Fortune -- 32 -- Foucault, Michel -- 53 -- 54 -- Fourth Estate [media autonomy] -- Fourth Estate [media autonomy], 2 -- Fourth Estate [media autonomy], 105 -- Fourth Estate [media autonomy], 120 -- France -- 77 -- 79 -- free trade -- 39 -- 106 -- Gates, Bill -- 34 -- 39.Gellner, Ernest 115 -- General Electric [GE] -- 25 -- 49 -- geopolitics -- 29-30 -- 69 -- 70 -- 78 -- 128 -- global economic growth 33 -- global economy -- 3 -- 39 -- 43-4 -- 75-6 -- global governance -- 76 -- 122 -- global political economy -- 32 -- 37 -- 41 -- 44 -- globalisation -- 3 -- 21 -- 41 -- 51-2 -- 125-35 -- globalisation from above [GFA] -- 85 -- 126-31 -- globalisation from below [GFB] -- 85 -- 131-34 -- Globo [Brazil] -- 107 -- 111 -- good society, the -- 4 -- 6 -- 52 -- 94-5 -- 123 -- Gore, Al -- 32 -- 48 -- G[7] -- 6 -- 30 -- 37 -- 74 -- 125 -- Habermas, Jürgen -- 19 -- 22 -- 23 -- 61-2 -- 83-4 -- 123 -- Hamelink, Cees 27 -- Harvey, David 129 -- Hull/Humberside Telecom 85 -- human rights -- 78 -- 97 -- human security -- 4-7 -- 18 -- 51-2 -- 53 -- 54 -- 58 -- 59-64 -- 70 -- 71-2 -- 81 -- 86-7 -- 92-3 -- 96 -- 113-14 -- 134 -- ideology -- 2 -- 42-3 -- 47-8 -- 61 -- 101-2 -- 103-5 -- 119-23 -- Ignatieff, Michael 22 -- indeterminacy 57-8 -- India -- 88 -- 101 -- inequality -- 21-2 -- 41-2 -- 51-2 -- 79 -- 99 -- information society -- 51-2 -- 86-95 -- 96-124 -- interests 77 -- International Financial Institutions [IFIs] -- 39 -- 42 -- 44 -- international financial transac-tions -- 89 -- 108-10 -- International Labour Organisation [ILO] 62 -- international law 69 -- International Monetary Fund [IMF] 39 -- internet -- 33 -- 37 -- interpretation [meaning] -- 12-13 -- 58 -- Jackall, Robin 107 -- Jamieson, Kathleen Hall 121-2 -- Japan -- 77 -- 88 -- 89 -- Kavanagh, Trevor 104 -- Keynes [-ianism] 110 -- knowledge -- 53-4 -- 84 -- Koss, Stephen 50 -- Labour Party [New Labour/UK] -- 49 -- 85 -- 100 -- Lafontaine, Oskar 110 -- Lazonick, William 72 -- liberalisation -- 20 -- 39-40 -- 45 -- 94 -- liberalism -- 1 -- 78 -- 81 -- Linklater, Andrew 23 -- Lippmann, Walter -- 19 -- 50 -- Malone, John 35 -- Mann, Michael -- 7 -- 14-15 -- 36 -- 88 -- markets.50 -- 71-3 -- 81 -- 112 -- 116 -- Marx, Karl 83 -- Melody, William -- 37 -- 74 -- Microsoft -- 28 -- 35 -- 50 -- military power/research and design -- 36-7 -- 74 -- Mills, C. Wright 18 -- monopoly -- 29 -- 57 -- morality -- 61-2 -- 94 -- Mosco, Vincent 72 -- Mowlana, Hamid 106 -- Multilateral Agreement on Investment [MAI] 6 -- Murdoch, Rupert -- 49 -- 52 -- 128 -- NAFTA -- 7 -- 47 -- 93 -- 98 -- national identity 19 -- national interest -- 7 -- 55 -- NATO 6 -- NBC 49 -- needs -- 20 -- 22 -- 55 -- 59-64 -- 134 -- neo realism -- 11 -- 14 -- neoliberalism -- 2 -- 14 -- 20 -- 32 -- 39 -- 39-46 -- 71-82 -- 86-95 -- 96-124 -- 126-9 -- new economy, the 79 -- New Information Technology [NIT] -- 20 -- 25 -- 32 -- 35 -- 36 -- 37 -- 47 -- 50 -- 64 -- 68 -- 86-95 -- 96 -- 112-13 -- 132 -- New World Information and Communication Order [NWICO] 79 -- news agencies 79 -- News Corporation -- 24 -- 25 -- 49 -- 79-80 -- 100 -- 104-5 -- Newsquest [USA] 107 -- normative principles -- 54 -- 114-23 -- Nozick, Robert 81 -- O'Neill, John 107 -- objectivity 114-15 -- OECD 67 -- oligopoly -- 37 -- 57 -- 79 -- orthodox security 7-8 -- perfect information 39 -- periphery states -- 31-2 -- 45 -- Peru 32 -- Polanyi, Karl 72 -- political culture -- 82 -- 85 -- 106-7 -- 114-23 -- political economy -- 17 -- 20 -- 29 -- political identity -- 3 -- 29 -- 97-8 -- political obligation -- 23 -- 97-8 -- Polygram 25 -- Popper, Karl 116 -- postmodernism 54 -- poverty [global] -- 60 -- 62-4 -- 88 -- power 14-15 -- private power -- 3 -- 18 -- 38 -- 46-7 -- 110-11 -- 120-1 -- 133 -- privatisation -- 20 -- 40 -- 42-3 -- 94 -- profit motive 77 -- progress -- 54 -- 83 -- propaganda -- 55 -- 122 -- protectionism 75 -- public service broadcasting [PSB] -- 26-9 -- 37-8 -- public sphere[s] [local, national, regional, global] -- 20 -- 22 -- 83-6 -- 96-123 -- rational choices -- 39 -- 81 -- 114-23.rationality 60-1.To what extent will the merging of the world's media and telecommunications companies enhance or undermine the autonomy of ordinary citizens?.Human security in the global economy.TelecommunicationMergersMass mediaMergersConsolidation and merger of corporationsGlobalizationEconomic aspectsTelecommunicationPolitical aspectsTelecommunicationMergers.Mass mediaMergers.Consolidation and merger of corporations.GlobalizationEconomic aspects.TelecommunicationPolitical aspects.384/.041Wilkin Peter1182862MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825086503321The political economy of global communication3966098UNINA