
Rethinking Media and Communication
A Critical Sociological Lens
Brill (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 18. December 2025
Book
Hardback
395 pages
978-90-04-74853-8 (ISBN)
Description
In this book, the authors address critical questions about the role of media and communication in capitalist societies. How do power structures shape communication processes? How are inequalities reinforced across different levels of society-micro, mezzo, and macro? Drawing on sociology, political economy, media studies and related fields, the book offers fresh insights into how communication supports capitalist domination, from media commodification to media concentration. It calls for a rethinking of how communication affects social relations and how social relations influence communication, exposing its deep connection to economic and political power. This book is essential for anyone seeking to understand the forces shaping today's media landscape.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
739 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-74853-8 (9789004748538)
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Persons
Pasko Bilic is Chair of the Centre for Sociology of Media and Digital Society at IRMO in Zagreb, Croatia, and coordinator of the European Sociological Association's Research Network 18: Sociology of Communications and Media Research.
Thomas Allmer is a research associate at the Department of Media Studies at Paderborn University in Germany and a co-editor of the journal tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Website: https://thomasallmer.net
Thomas Allmer is a research associate at the Department of Media Studies at Paderborn University in Germany and a co-editor of the journal tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Website: https://thomasallmer.net