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Garland, Christian and Harper, Stephen (2012) Did somebody say Neoliberalism? On the uses and limitations of a critical concept in media and communication studies. tripleC: cognition communicatio co-operation, Volume 10 (Number 2). pp. 413-424. ISSN 1726-670X.
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This paper explores the political-economic basis and ideological effects of talk about neoliberalism with respect to media and communication studies. In response to the supposed ascendancy of the neoliberal order since the 1980s, many media and communication scholars have redirected their critical attentions from capitalism to neoliberalism. This paper tries to clarify the significance of the relatively new emphasis on neoliberalism in the discourse of media and communication studies, with particular reference to the 2011 phone hacking scandal at The News of the World. Questioning whether the discursive substitution of ‘neoliberalism’ for ‘capitalism’ offers any advances in critical purchase or explanatory power to critics of capitalist society and its media, the paper proposes that critics substitute a Marxist class analysis in place of the neoliberalism-versus-democracy framework that currently dominates in the field.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform J Political Science > JC Political theory |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Neoliberalism -- Great Britain, Communism , Communication -- Political aspects -- Great Britain, Television programs -- Political aspects -- Great Britain, Political culture -- Great Britain, News Corporation -- History | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | tripleC: cognition communicatio co-operation | ||||
Publisher: | Universitaet Salzburg * Center for Advanced Studies and Research | ||||
ISSN: | 1726-670X | ||||
Official Date: | 2012 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 10 | ||||
Number: | Number 2 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 413-424 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 24 December 2015 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 24 December 2015 |
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