{"product_id":"communication-and-economic-life-hardback-9780745687018","title":"Communication and Economic Life (Hardback) 9780745687018","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCommunication and Economic Life\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLiz Moor (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745687018, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 17 December 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e208 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.4 x 15 x 0.8 cm, 0.42 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In this erudite but accessible book, Liz Moor changes the way we think not just about communication and economic theory, but about the way communication shapes our economic lives.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLana Swartz, University of Virginia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“For decades, economics and media\/communications research have operated in near isolation. In this pathbreaking and richly argued book, Liz Moor shows how the economy always involves communication, and how media interfaces are integral to the operation and understanding of the economy.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNick Couldry, London School of Economics and Political Science\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen we talk about media and the economy, 'the economy' is usually understood as the macro economy or GDP, while 'the media' usually refers to television and print news, or the digital output of mainstream news providers. But communication about money and the economy in everyday life is far more wide-ranging than this. It is also changing: opportunities to discuss economic matters – whether public or personal – have proliferated online, while new payment systems and shopping platforms embed economic behaviour more deeply into communications infrastructures.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChallenging earlier narrow definitions, this ambitious book offers a new framework for thinking about the role of communication in our economic lives. Foregrounding the broader category of \u003ci\u003ecommunicative practices\u003c\/i\u003e, the book understands economic life not only in terms of the macro economy, but more sociologically as a set of processes of providing for material wants and needs. How we talk about these wants and needs, and our means for meeting them, is how we come to understand our economic lives as meaningful. The book explores how our economic lives are constructed communicatively in a variety of modes that move through, but also exceed, mass media – from the symbolism of credit cards to the language used by economists, and from social media promotion to debates in online forums.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommunication and Economic Life\u003c\/i\u003e is a vital resource for students and scholars in media and communications and sociology, and for anyone interested in how we talk about economic lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part I: Economic action is communicative\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. Does homo economicus talk? Communication in economic theory\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. The symbolism of money, payment and price\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part II:   Communication constructs economic life\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. Promotion\u003cbr\u003e                 \u003cbr\u003e 4. Information\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. Narrative\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6. Discussion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Society \u0026amp; culture: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; culture: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20culture:%20general%20%5BJF%5D%22\"\u003eJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52407340433688,"sku":"9780745687018","price":45.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745687018.jpg?v=1784163561","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/communication-and-economic-life-hardback-9780745687018","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}