Journal of Mass Communication & Journalism

Apuke OD

Publications

• Review Article
  Another Look at the Political Economy of the Mainstream and New Media: The Capitalists Influence
  Author(s): Apuke ODApuke OD
  
  This paper examined the political economy of the mainstream and new media, it explicates how media industry, the political economy of the media and capitalism affects the accessibility of information in the new media. The study established that the political economy of the media deals with the generation and distribution of resources (film, social media, online newspapers etc) and that power (capitalism) affects it. The paper’s design method is a narrative literature review and the data sources included Google scholar, blogs, Google, and the web of science. Books, print journals, magazines, were also used. A narrative review was conducted between March and May 2017. The paper outlined and discussed the issues raised, into themes concerning political economy of the media; new media; Marxist and Pluralist view of media ownership; the political economy of the new media and the infl.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7912.1000341

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