CMNS 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Liberal Democracy, Alternative Media, Vivendi
11 Dec 2015
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These political perspectives have real consequence for the media we use. Pec asks the question: who owns the media. What is the relationship between the media and political power. What the does the public sphere play on media. Pec has looked at the problems that arise when the media is left to the free market. Pec looks at the links between media ownership and content. Pec researchers have pointed out that the information society is an unequal society. Political economy is the study of how wealth is created, distributed and consumed. In the late 1960s, early 1970s, political a key way understanding of communication. Pec is the study of social relations, particularly the power relations, that determined the production, distribution, and consumption of communication resources. (vincent mosco) Pec has looked at ownership & structure of media industries , as well as who they serve. This industries didn"t just sell commodities, sell the way of looking the world.
