rmax@nyc.rr.com

Richard Maxwell is a political economist of media. His research begins at the intersection of politics and economics to analyze the global media, their social and cultural impact, and the policies that regulate their reach and operations. He has published widely on a range of topics, from television in Spain’s democratic transition to Hollywood’s international dominance, from media politics in the post 9-11 era to how big political economic forces work in the mundane routines of daily life and culture.

His writing on media and cultural consumption draws attention to the specter of living life under ever expanding governmental and commercial surveillance. And his current work on the environmental impact of media focuses on the environmental harms caused by media, information technologies, and electronics.

Maxwell received his BA in Communication and Visual Arts from the University of California at San Diego and his MA and PhD in Communication Arts from the University of Wisconsin. He has previously taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Northwestern University.

Recent Publications “Green Smokestacks?” with Toby Miller. Feminist Media Studies 8:3, September 2008. “Ecological Ethics and Media Technology.” with Toby Miller. International Journal of Communication Vol. 2 2008, Features. (online http://ijoc.org/ojs/index.php/ijoc). Special Double Issue: Cultural Labor. Co-editor with Toby Miller. Social Semiotics 15 (3) December 2005 & 16 (1) April 2006. “El Papel de la Comunicación en Nuestra Sociedad,” Documentación Social: Revista de Estudios Sociales y Sociología Aplicada No. 140, 2006: 11-24. Surveillance Dossier. Editor. Social Text 83. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. Fall 2005. Global Hollywood 2. Co-author with Toby Miller (lead author), Nitin Govil, John McMurria, and Ting Wang.  Revised and Expanded edition of Global Hollywood (2001). London: British Film Institute 2005. Herbert Schiller. Rowman & Littlefield, 2003. Special Issue: 9-11 and the Media, Co-editor with Justin Lewis and Toby Miller. Television and New Media. Volume 3, Number 2. May 2002. Culture Works: The Political Economy of Culture. Editor. University of Minnesota Press, 2001.