Marx and the Political Economy of the Media (Studies in Critical Social Science)

More than 130 years after Marx’s death, capitalism continues to be haunted by crises, each bringing renewed attention to his works.This volume presents 18 contributions that show how Marx’s analyses of capitalism, the commodity, class, labour, exploitation, surplus-value, dialectics, crises, ideology, class struggles, and communism help us to understand media, cultural and communications in 21st century informational-capitalism.

He is author of books such as To the Cloud: Big Data in a Turbulent World (Paradigm Publishers, 2014) and The Political Economy of Communication (Sage, 2009).. He is author of works such as Culture and Economy in the Age of Social Media or Digital Labour and Karl Marx (Routledge, 2015).Vincent Mosco is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Queen's University where he was Canada Research Chair in Communication and Society and head of the Department of Sociology. About the AuthorChristian Fuchs is professor at the University of Westminste

He is author of books such as To the Cloud: Big Data in a Turbulent World (Paradigm Publishers, 2014) and The Political Economy of Communication (Sage, 2009).. He is author of works such as Culture and Economy in the Age of Social Media or Digital Labour and Karl Marx (Routledge, 2015).Vincent Mosco is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Queen's University where he was Canada Resea