[Commlist] New book: Vincent Mosco: Critical Communication: A Memoir

Vincent Mosco. 2025. Critical Communication: A Memoir. London: 
University of Westminster Press. Critical, Digital and Social Media 
Studies, edited by Christian Fuchs. Open access, DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.16997/book76. CC-BY-NC-ND

“Vincent Mosco’s memoir is a poignant and thoughtful remembrance of his 
inspirational life and impressive work. This volume not only provides 
insights into motivations for his academic, intellectual and activist 
work, but further reinforces his deep commitments to sharing knowledge 
and contributing to building a better world.”
-- Janet Wasko

"Vincent Mosco was a force. Possessing extraordinary intellectual 
capacities and personal drive, he set himself to interpreting the world 
through its communicational aspects. His memoir gives us a window onto 
how his life and thought shaped and elevated critical communications 
scholarship"
-- Dan Schiller

"Critical Communication: A Memoir shows that what makes Vincent Mosco’s 
approach to the political economy of communication special is his stress 
on the importance of human activity – labor and praxis. His life and 
work were based on a deeply Humanist philosophy. We should take his life 
and work as a beacon and model in our everyday lives and future 
scholarship. Vinny’s critical-humanist political economy of 
communication will live on and inspire future generations of 
scholars/activists.”
-- Christian Fuchs

Table of Contents

Foreword by Dan Schiller
Preface
Chapter 1: From Mulberry Street to Park Avenue
Chapter 2: Georgetown and Harvard: Learning the Canon/ Challenging the Canon
Chapter 3: Mill Town University
Chapter 4: The Executive Office of the President
Chapter 5: We Thought We Were Only Hiring One of You
Chapter 6: Oh Canada!
Chapter 7: Rethinking Political Economy
Chapter 8: Building a Bridge to the Digital Sublime
Chapter 9: Labor Days and Sleepless Nights
Chapter 10: Marx is Back
Chapter 11: The Internet of Everything
Chapter 12: Passing the Torch and Hacking Utopia


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