New issue of Political Economy journal

The Political Economy of Communication is the journal of IAMCR's Political Economy Section
The Political Economy of Communication is the journal of IAMCR's Political Economy Section

The Political Economy of Communication is a peer-reviewed open access journal published under the auspices of the IAMCR Political Economy section. It showcases original research from established and emerging scholars and commentaries on contemporary media-related issues. Volume 8, Number 2 is now available online. 

The Political Economy of Communication, Volume 8 Number 2

This volume includes:

Articles

The Kashmir Tinderbox: International Media Coverage of the Revocation of Article 370
Ravale Mohydin

Patriotic Journalism in Fake News Warfare: El País’ Coverage of the Catalan Process
Lluís Mas-Manchón, Frederic Guerrero-Solé, Xavier Ramon & Laura Grande

Dual Anxieties of Technology and Labour: An Ethnographic Analysis of a University’s WeChat Groups in China
Ying Zhou, Yu Xiang

Special Section on The Social Dilemma (by Jeff Orlowski, Netflix, 2020)
edited by Paschal Preston

  • Introduction: The Social Dilemma: Partial Insights Amidst Fuzzy Frames 
    Paschal Preston  
  • Review I: The Social Dilemma: A Contradictory Narrative About Platform Power
    Robin Mansell  
  • Review II: Missing in Action: Silences and Evasions in The Social Dilemma
    Graham Murdock  
  • Review III: Escaping the Matrix or Repeating Liberal (Techno)Solutions? 
    Eugenia Siapera  
  • Review IV: The Social Dilemma's Dilemma: Challenging and Reproducing Social Media Myths  
    Yuqi Na

Book Review 

Janet Wasko’s Legacy 
Todd Nesbitt