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How can we evaluate the effects of capitalism on media and culture? This paper argues for the importance of paying attention to effects on people's well-being, or flourishing, and explores the potential of the approaches known as 'moral economy' and 'capabilities'
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This article extends critical understanding of relations between capitalism, media and culture by drawing on thinking that has rarely been applied in this context before, including philosophical ethics.
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In this piece, I try to develop concepts of quality of life, flourishing and the value of culture. I explored these issues more empirically in previous work such as Creative Labour (2010, with Sarah Baker) and Why Music Matters (2013) but here I pay particular attention to the concept of capitalism.
David Hesmondhalgh
University of Leeds
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This page is a summary of: Capitalism and the media: moral economy, well-being and capabilities, Media Culture & Society, July 2016, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0163443716643153.
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