
Amazon
Understanding a Global Communication Giant
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 27. November 2020
Book
Hardback
74 pages
978-0-367-36433-5 (ISBN)
Description
Taking a political economy of media approach, this book examines Amazon as a significant actor in the global media landscape.
Amazon is mainly conceived in the popular consciousness and media commentary as a corporate body, selling products and services to individual consumers and organisations, but Brevini and Swiatek show that Amazon has become a communication giant that trades in diversified media (its own and others), and exerts a significant influence on global communication, especially through its online services. Further, the authors provide evidence of Amazon's multiple influences on politics, economics, and culture.
With its comprehensive and critical overview, this book is ideal for students, scholars, and researchers of media and communication studies and political economy.
Amazon is mainly conceived in the popular consciousness and media commentary as a corporate body, selling products and services to individual consumers and organisations, but Brevini and Swiatek show that Amazon has become a communication giant that trades in diversified media (its own and others), and exerts a significant influence on global communication, especially through its online services. Further, the authors provide evidence of Amazon's multiple influences on politics, economics, and culture.
With its comprehensive and critical overview, this book is ideal for students, scholars, and researchers of media and communication studies and political economy.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
8 s/w Tabellen, 1 s/w Abbildung
8 Tables, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
251 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-36433-5 (9780367364335)
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Persons
Benedetta Brevini is Associate Professor in Communication and Media, specialising in political economy of communication, at the University of Sydney, Australia. She writes on The Guardian's Comment is Free and contributes to a number of print and web publications including Index of Censorship, OpenDemocracy and the Conversation. She is the author of Public Service Broadcasting Online (2013) and editor of the volume Beyond Wikileaks (2013). Her latest volumes are Carbon Capitalism and Communication: Confronting Climate Crisis (2017) and Climate Change and the Media (2018). She is currently writing a new book on Artificial Intelligence.
Lukasz Swiatek lectures in Media and Communications at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia. He has taught a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses (both junior and senior) in media studies, communication, and international and global studies across universities in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. Previously, he worked in publishing and news (as a reporter and editor), as well as integrated communication, in both the corporate and not-for-profit sectors.
Lukasz Swiatek lectures in Media and Communications at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia. He has taught a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses (both junior and senior) in media studies, communication, and international and global studies across universities in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. Previously, he worked in publishing and news (as a reporter and editor), as well as integrated communication, in both the corporate and not-for-profit sectors.
Author
University of Sydney, Australia
University of New South Wales, Australia
Content
1. Introduction 2. Economic Profile 3. Political Profile 4. Cultural Profile 5. Conclusion