Amazon

<p>Taking a political economy of media approach this book examines Amazon as a significant actor in the global media landscape.</p><p>Amazon is mainly conceived in the popular consciousness and media commentary as a corporate body selling products and services to individual consumers and organisations but Brevini and Swiatek show that Amazon has become a communication giant that trades in diversified media (its own and others) and exerts a significant influence on global communication especially through its online services. Further the authors provide evidence of Amazon's multiple influences on politics economics and culture.</p><p>With its comprehensive and critical overview this book is ideal for students scholars and researchers of media and communication studies and political economy.</p>