Edited by Peter Golding, Northumbria University and Graham Murdock, Reader in the Sociology of Culture, Loughborough University, UK

'I personally applaud their attempts to embed an anthology within a series of critical and pedagogic stages which prepare students for how to engage with, or at least talk about, the pieces.'

• Contents: Volume I: Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Defining Political Economy Part II: Communications, Ideology and Capitalism Part III: Communication and the Global Order Part IV: Communications and Capital Enterprise Name Index • Volume II: Acknowledgements Part I: Private Interest to Common Goods Part II: Public Broadcasting and the Public Interest Part III: Policing the Public Interest Part IV: Institutionalising Diversity Name Index

Edited by Peter Golding, Northumbria University and Graham Murdock, Reader in the Sociology of Culture, Loughborough University, UK

'I personally applaud their attempts to embed an anthology within a series of critical and pedagogic stages which prepare students for how to engage with, or at least talk about, the pieces.'

• Contents: Volume I: Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Defining Political Economy Part II: Communications, Ideology and Capitalism Part III: Communication and the Global Order Part IV: Communications and Capital Enterprise Name Index • Volume II: Acknowledgements Part I: Private Interest to Common Goods Part II: Public Broadcasting and the Public Interest Part III: Policing the Public Interest Part IV: Institutionalising Diversity Name Index