Did Somebody Say Neoliberalism? On the Uses and Limitations of a Critical Concept in Media and Communication Studies
This paper explores the political-economic basis and ideological effects of talk about neoliberalism with respect to media and communication studies. In response to the supposed ascendancy of the neoliberal order since the 1980s, many media and communication scholars have redirected their critic...
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Paderborn University: Media Systems and Media Organisation Research Group
2012-05-01
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| description | This paper explores the political-economic basis and ideological effects of talk about neoliberalism with respect to media and communication studies. In response to the supposed ascendancy of the neoliberal order since the 1980s, many media and communication scholars have redirected their critical attentions from capitalism to neoliberalism. This paper tries to clarify the significance of the relatively new emphasis on neoliberalism in the discourse of media and communication studies, with particular reference to the 2011 phone hacking scandal at The News of the World. Questioning whether the discursive substitution of ‘neoliberalism’ for ‘capitalism’ offers any advances in critical purchase or explanatory power to critics of capitalist society and its media, the paper proposes that critics substitute a Marxist class analysis in place of the neoliberalism-versus-democracy framework that currently dominates in the field. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-746f4ea0095a48008c1433f16721a4442023-09-02T21:02:56ZengPaderborn University: Media Systems and Media Organisation Research GrouptripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique1726-670X1726-670X2012-05-0110241342410.31269/triplec.v10i2.396396Did Somebody Say Neoliberalism? On the Uses and Limitations of a Critical Concept in Media and Communication StudiesChristian Garland0Stephen Harper1University of WarwickUniversity of PortsmouthThis paper explores the political-economic basis and ideological effects of talk about neoliberalism with respect to media and communication studies. In response to the supposed ascendancy of the neoliberal order since the 1980s, many media and communication scholars have redirected their critical attentions from capitalism to neoliberalism. This paper tries to clarify the significance of the relatively new emphasis on neoliberalism in the discourse of media and communication studies, with particular reference to the 2011 phone hacking scandal at The News of the World. Questioning whether the discursive substitution of ‘neoliberalism’ for ‘capitalism’ offers any advances in critical purchase or explanatory power to critics of capitalist society and its media, the paper proposes that critics substitute a Marxist class analysis in place of the neoliberalism-versus-democracy framework that currently dominates in the field.https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/396NeoliberalismMarxismCritical TheoryCritical Media and Communication StudiesHackgate |
| spellingShingle | Christian Garland Stephen Harper Did Somebody Say Neoliberalism? On the Uses and Limitations of a Critical Concept in Media and Communication Studies tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique Neoliberalism Marxism Critical Theory Critical Media and Communication Studies Hackgate |
| title | Did Somebody Say Neoliberalism? On the Uses and Limitations of a Critical Concept in Media and Communication Studies |
| title_full | Did Somebody Say Neoliberalism? On the Uses and Limitations of a Critical Concept in Media and Communication Studies |
| title_fullStr | Did Somebody Say Neoliberalism? On the Uses and Limitations of a Critical Concept in Media and Communication Studies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Did Somebody Say Neoliberalism? On the Uses and Limitations of a Critical Concept in Media and Communication Studies |
| title_short | Did Somebody Say Neoliberalism? On the Uses and Limitations of a Critical Concept in Media and Communication Studies |
| title_sort | did somebody say neoliberalism on the uses and limitations of a critical concept in media and communication studies |
| topic | Neoliberalism Marxism Critical Theory Critical Media and Communication Studies Hackgate |
| url | https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/396 |
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