Mosco, Vincent - Sociology

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Personal Information
First Name: 
Vincent
Last Name: 
Mosco
Department / Program: 
OTHER
Other: 
Sociology
University Affiliation: 
Queen's University
Phone: 
6135332162
Email Address: 
moscov@mac.com
Area of Research
Discipline: 
Sociology
Subject: 
Technology
Time Period: 
Current
Specific Area of Research: 
The sociology of communication and information technology; the political economy of the media; the sociology of knowledge workers; communication policy
Academics
PHD Program: 
Sociology
PHD University: 
Harvard
PHD Date: 
1975
Major Publications: 
Marx is Back – The Importance of Marxist Theory and Research for Critical Communication Studies Today, ed. with Christian Fuchs and published as a special issue of tripleC–Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society (http://www.triple-c.at) 2012, Getting the Message: Communications Workers and Global Value Chains (co-edited with Catherine McKercher and Ursula Huws, Merlin, 2010), The Political Economy of Communication, second edition (Sage, 2009) The Political Economy of Communication, second revised edition, London: Sage, in press. The Laboring of Communication, with Catherine McKercher, Lanham, Maryland, Lexington Books, 2008. Knowledge Workers in the Information Society, ed. with Catherine McKercher, Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2007. The Digital Sublime: Myth, Power, and Cyberspace. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2004. (Chinese edition in press with Peking University Press). Continental Order?: Integrating North America for Cyber-Capitalism, ed. with Dan Schiller, New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 2001. The Political Economy of Communication: Rethinking and Renewal, London: Sage, 1996. (Chinese editions, Beijing: Huaxia; Taiwan: Wu-Nan Book Co., Korean edition, Seoul: Nanam Publishing Co.; Spanish edition, Madrid: Bosch). Contracted for a second edition. Illuminating the Blindspots: Essays Honoring Dallas W. Smythe, ed. with Janet Wasko and Manjunath Pendakur, Norwood, N.J.: Ablex, 1993. Democratic Communication in the Information Society, ed. with Janet Wasko, Norwood, N.J.: Ablex and Toronto: Garamond, 1992. The Pay-Per Society: Computers and Communication in the Information Age. Toronto: Garamond, 1989; Norwood, N.J.: Ablex, 1989. The Political Economy of Information, ed. with Janet Wasko, Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1988. Popular Culture and Media Events, ed. with Janet Wasko, Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1985. Changing Patterns of Communication Control, ed. with Janet Wasko, Norwood, N.J.: Ablex, 1984. Policy Research in Telecommunications, Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1984. Labor, the Working Class and the Media. ed. with Janet Wasko, Norwood, N.J.: Ablex, 1983. Pushbutton Fantasies: Critical Perspectives on Videotex and Information Technology. Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1982. (Spanish edition, Barcelona: Paidos, 1986; Korean edition, Seoul: Nanam Publishing Co, 2003). Broadcasting in the United States: Innovative Challenge and Organizational Control. Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1979.
Courses Taught: 
International Communication Advanced Communication Theory Telecommunication Policy Information Technology for the New Workplace Sociological Theory Sociology of Science and Technology Advanced Studies in Communication and Information Technology Communication, Cultural Industries and State Policy