Political economy and cultural studies conceive of power in fundamentally different forms

Evidence

My understanding of these industries is informed by two fields of study: political economy of media and cultural studies. The former is more oriented toward organizational structures and broad social relations, while the latter often focuses on the text, the audience, and the rich affordances of both, especially when they interact. Both are interested in power, but political economy of media conceives of power in its material, hierarchical form, while cultural studies sees power as fluid and contingent and potentially immaterial. — Andrew deWaard, Derivative Media, 29

Categorization

• XREF: Defines the two scholarly frameworks that structure the book’s whole finance-to-form argument; useful for the reader’s causal-vs-correlation test. — connects to: Ordinary daily experience is shaped by the political powers that rule it. — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the…, 667; In late capitalism cultural theory displaces tactical political questions; Critique of political economy remains secretly oriented toward the very power concepts it opposes. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2160