| The Political Economy of Global Communication: An Introduction Contributor(s): Wilkin, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 0745314015 ISBN-13: 9780745314013 Publisher: Pluto Press (UK) OUR PRICE: $38.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2001 Annotation: As media corporations continue to merge, we are moving towards an ever more commercially driven system of global information. How does this impact on the security of ordinary citizens? Peter Wilkin addresses this question and highlights the limitations of conventional views on communication and security. Wilkin argues that the continuing shift in control of communication provides an increasingly powerful obstacle to human autonomy. He reviews the changes in global communication and details the alternative responses to them. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics - Social Science | Sociology - General - Social Science | Media Studies |
| Dewey: 384.041 |
| Series: Human Security in the Global Economy (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.4" W x 8.64" (0.60 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Recent debates surrounding human security have focused on the satisfaction of human needs as the vital goal for global development. Peter Wilkin highlights the limitations of this view and argues that unless we incorporate an account of human autonomy into human security then the concept is flawed. He reveals how human security is a concern with social relations that connect people in local, national and global networks of power, structured through capitalism and hierarchical inter-state systems. Autonomy, as an aspect of human security, depends upon the ability of citizens to gain information about the processes that shape their lives. In this respect autonomy and communication are inherently linked and are prerequisites for the establishment of meaningful democratic systems. |