"Over the last decade, political economy has grown rapidly as a specialist area of research and teaching within communications and media studies and is now established as a core element in university programmes around the world. The Handbook of Political Economy of Communications offers students...

This volume provides rich insight into the nature and practice of media management. Contributions assess the degree to which management of media firms requires a unique set of skills, highlighting similarities and differences of media firms compared with other industries in terms of management...

Handbook of Media Economics provides valuable information on a unique field that has its own theories, evidence, and policies. Understanding the media is important for society, and while new technologies are altering the media, they are also affecting our understanding of their...

Contents: Preface -- 1. Media economics research: a history of the field / Alan B. Albarran -- 2. Advancing media economics research through theory / Marianne Barrett and Chun Shao -- 3. Research traditions in media economics / Amy Jo Coffey -- 4. Global digital networks and global media...

Abstract AbstractDer Band greift den Medienwandel aus ökonomischer, politischer und journalistischer Perspektive der letzten zwei Jahre auf. Dazu werden ausgewählte Beiträge aus Netzveröffentlichungen herangezogen. Die Leser erhalten somit einen redaktionell gefilterten, kompakten Überblick...

News from Germany traces why Germans became interested in international communications around 1900 and how they sought to control it for the next 45 years. They used new communications technologies, like wireless and radio, and they used the central businesses of news supply - news agencies. An...