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In: | Global Media and Communication, 6, 2010, 1, S. 33-60 |
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SAGE Publications
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Medientyp: | Artikel, E-Artikel |
Umfang: | 33-60 |
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ISSN: |
1742-7665
1742-7673 |
DOI: | 10.1177/1742766510362018 |
veröffentlicht in: | Global Media and Communication |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Kollektion: | SAGE Publications (CrossRef) |
<jats:p>This article explores whether contemporary society can be characterized as demonstrating a new form of the Marxist notion of imperialism and as informational/ media imperialism. In an attempt to answer this question, I employ Vladimir Lenin’s analysis of imperialism. Paying particular attention to the relevance of media and information, I test Lenin’s theories against macroeconomic statistical analysis of existing data. My analysis is structured according to Lenin’s five characteristics of imperialism: (1) the role of economic concentration; (2) the dominance of finance capital; (3) the importance of capital export; (4) the spatial stratification of the world as result of corporate dominance; and (5) the political dimension of the spatial stratification of the world. The results demonstrate that Lenin’s theories should be reloaded for contemporary media and communication studies.</jats:p> |