Critical discourse analysis and political economy of communication: understanding the new corporate order

Philip Graham; Allan Luke

doi:10.2752/175174311X12861940861824

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Critical discourse analysis and political economy of communication: understanding the new corporate order

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Critical discourse analysis and political economy of communication: understanding the new corporate order

Philip Graham and Allan Luke

Cultural Politics, Vol.7(1), pp.103-132

2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2752/175174311X12861940861824

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Communication and Media Studies

political economy of communications

discourse analysis

corporatism

This article uses critical discourse analysis to analyse 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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Title: Critical discourse analysis and political economy of communication: understanding the new corporate order
Authors: Philip Graham (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Allan Luke (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Publication details: Cultural Politics, Vol.7(1), pp.103-132
Publisher: Duke University Press
Date published: 2011
DOI: 10.2752/175174311X12861940861824
ISSN: 1734-2197
Copyright note: Copyright © 2011 The Author. The author's accepted version is reproduced here in accordance with the publisher's copyright policy. The final definitive version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.2752/175174311X12861940861824
Organisation Unit: Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic); University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Creative Industries - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450607302621
Output Type: Journal article

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