Neoliberalism, Media and the Political

Neoliberalism, Media and the Political examines the condition of media and journalism in neoliberal cultures. Emphasizing neoliberalism's status as a political ideology that is simultaneously hostile to politics, the book presents a critical theoretical argument supported by empirical illustrations from New Zealand, Ireland, the UK and the US.

ISBN-13: 9781137308351

Media Type: Hardcover

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Publication Date: 11-11-2014

Pages: 242

Product Dimensions: 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

Sean Phelan is Senior Lecturer at the School of Communication, Journalism and Marketing, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand. He is the co-editor of Discourse Theory and Critical Media Politics (2011) and Scooped: The Politics and Power of Journalism in Aotearoa New Zealand (2012).

Table of Contents

List of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction: Disfiguring Neoliberalism 1. Articulating Neoliberalism in Critical Media and Communication Studies 2. Neoliberal Discourse: Theory, History and Trajectories 3. Neoliberal Logics and Field Theory 4. Neoliberalism and Media Democracy: A Representative Anecdote from Post-Rogernomics New Zealand 5. The Journalistic Habitus and the Realist Style 6. Media Cultures, Anti-Politics and the 'Climategate' Affair 7. Neoliberal Imaginaries, Press Freedom and the Politics of Leveson 8. Media Rituals and the 'Celtic Tiger': The Neoliberal Nation and its Transnational Circulation Conclusion: The Possibility of a Radical Media Politics