This article uses critical discourse analysis to analyze material shifts in the political economy of communications. It examines texts of major corporations to describe four key changes in political economy: (1) the separation of ownership from control; (2) the separation of business from industry; (3) the separation of accountability from responsibility; and (4) the subjugation of “going concerns” by overriding concerns. The authors argue that this amounts to a political economic shift from traditional concepts of “capitalism” to a new “corporatism” in which the relationships between public and private, state and individual interests have become redefined and obscured through new discourse strategies. They conclude that the present financial and regulatory “crisis” cannot be adequately resolved without a new analytic framework for examining the relationships between corporation, discourse, and political economy.
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March 1, 2011
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March 01 2011
Critical Discourse Analysis and Political Economy of Communication: Understanding the New Corporate Order
Paul Graham;
Paul Graham
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PHIL GRAHAM IS PROFESSOR OF COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE AND DIRECTOR OF THE QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE FOR CREATIVE INDUSTRIES AND COMMUNICATION. HIS CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS ARE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF COMMUNICATION AND POLITICAL ECONOMY OF MUSIC.
ALLAN LUKE IS PROFESSOR OF EDUCATION AT QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. HIS CURRENT RESEARCH IS ON ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER EDUCATION AND SCHOOL REFORM.
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Cultural Politics (2011) 7 (1): 103–132.
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Paul Graham, Allan Luke; Critical Discourse Analysis and Political Economy of Communication: Understanding the New Corporate Order. Cultural Politics 1 March 2011; 7 (1): 103–132. doi: https://doi.org/10.2752/175174311X12861940861824
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