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A note on the ongoing processes of commodification : from the audience commodity to the social factory
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Amon Prodnik, Jernej
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The commodity-form played an important, if often overlooked, role in the studies of capitalism. Processes of transforming literally anything into a privatized form of (fictitious) commodity that is exchanged in the circulation process are of fundamental importance for the rise and reproduction of capitalism. At the same time the commodity, as the "cell-form of capitalism", has played a crucial role throughout Marxʼs oeuvre. The central aim of the paper is to demonstrate how the commodity-form develops in his works (both as a part of his "global" argument and in the context of historical changes) and what role it plays in some of the key works of critical theory. Furthermore, the aim is to show how this topic was approached in critical communication studies and has been analysed in the political economy of communication. The latter is done principally through a reappraisal of the "blind spot debate" initiated by Dallas W. Smythe and the audience commodity thesis, in which it was raised. This long-lasting debate, which at least indirectly continues to date, can be seen as an invaluable source for practices and ideas connected to both Marxian-inspired critical communication studies and to a serious analysis of the continuing commodification of different spheres of society and its increasing pervasiveness in contemporary life. In the last section, these findings are connected to some of the recent neo-Marxist approaches, especially to the findings of the authors coming from the autonomist (post-operaist) movement. Insights into this intellectual strand can provide an understanding of the ongoing commodification processes, while also offering possibilities of convergence with Smytheʼs approach.
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English
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1.01 - Original Scientific Article
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FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
Year:
2012
Number of pages:
Str. 274-301
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Vol. 10, no. 2
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20.500.12556/RUL-45386
UDC:
316.77:330.1
ISSN on article:
1726-670X
COBISS.SI-ID:
31291485
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10.07.2015
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Marx is back
COBISS.SI-ID:
31291741
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TripleC
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Institute of Design and Technology Assessment
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1726-670X
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28025693
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