The political economy of Social Media and the Capitalist control- myth or reality

Authors

  • Dr. Dilawar Singh

Keywords:

New media;, Capitalism, Political economy

Abstract

This paper examined the economic science of the thought and new media, it explicates however media trade, the economic science of the media and market economy affects the accessibility of data within the new media. The study established that the economic science of the media deals with the generation and distribution of resources (film, social media, on-line newspapers etc) which power (capitalism) affects it. The paper’s style methodology could be a narrative literature review and also the information sources enclosed Google scholar, blogs, Google, and also the net of science. Books, print journals, magazines, were conjointly used. A narrative review was conducted between March and should 2015. The paper printed and mentioned the problems raised, into themes regarding economic science of the media; new media; Marxist and Pluralist read of media ownership; the economic science of the new media and also the influence of market economy on the accessibility of data from the new media. The study unconcealed that market economy is one amongst the driven forces that affects the doctrine and group action data|of data|of knowledge} on the internet; because of market economy some classified information ar oversubscribed and proprietary.

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Published

30-06-2015

How to Cite

Dr. Dilawar Singh. (2015). The political economy of Social Media and the Capitalist control- myth or reality. International Journal for Research Publication and Seminar, 6(1), 62–66. Retrieved from https://jrps.shodhsagar.com/index.php/j/article/view/77

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Original Research Article