»Morda del nasega kriticnega raziskovanja celo pomaga kapitalu«: Intervju s profesorico Janet Wasko/»A Part of Our Critical Research Perhaps Even Helps the Capital«: An Interview with Janet Wasko

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»A Part of Our Critical Research Perhaps Even Helps the Capital«: An Interview with Janet Wasko

The paper presents an interview with Janet Wasko, who is Professor and Knight Chair in Communication Research at the University of Oregon's School of Journalism and Communication, and is widely considered as a key author working in the tradition of the political economy of communication. Currently, she is serving as President of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), one of the key international associations in the field of media and communication studies. Professor Wasko published several influential books on the film industry, especially on Hollywood and the Disney Corporation. The interview is especially focused on the influences on her approach, her position in the IAMCR, her understanding of how the cultural and media industries work, the political economy approach in media and communication studies, and the issues related to the film industry which she mostly tackles in her own research.

Keywords: Political Economy of Communication, International Association of Media and Communication Research, Hollywood, The Disney Corporation, cultural industries, film industry, Marxism

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Janet Wasko je profesorica na School of Journalism and Communication Univerze v Oregonu (ZDA) in svetovno priznana avtorica na podrocju politicne ekonomije komuniciranja. Janet Wasko je aktualna predsednica Mednarodne zveze za raziskovanje medijev in komuniciranja (IAMCR), ki je najvecja svetovna organizacija na podrocju komunikologije. Objavila vec vplivnih del o filmski industriji, predvsem o Hollywoodu in korporaciji Disney. V intervjuju je spregovorila predvsem o vplivih na njen pristop, njeni vlogi in delu v IAMCR, njenem razumevanju delovanja kulturnih in medijskih industrij, o politicnoekonomskem pristopu v komunikologiji ter vprasanjih, povezanih s filmsko industrijo, s katerimi se primarno ukvarja v svojem raziskovanju.

Kljucne besede: politicna ekonomija komuniciranja, Mednarodna zveza za raziskovanje medijev in komuniciranja, IAMCR, Hollywood, korporacija Disney, kulturne industrije, filmska industrija, marksizem

Janet Wasko je profesorica in predstojnica oddelka za komunikolosko raziskovanje na School of Journalism and Communication Univerze v Oregonu. Je ena kljucnih avtoric, ki izhajajo iz raziskovalnega pristopa politicne ekonomije komuniciranja. Od leta 2012 je predsednica Mednarodnega zdruzenja za raziskovanje medijev in komuniciranja (International Association for Media and Communication Research, IAMCR), osrednje mednarodne komunikoloske organizacije. Pred tem je v IAMCR opravljala stevilne druge vodstvene funkcije in bila predstojnica politicnoekonomske sekcije, ki jo...