Robert McChesney argues that the media, far from providing a bedrock for freedom and democracy, have become a significant antidemocratic force in the United States and, to varying degrees, worldwide. "Rich Media, Poor Democracy" addresses the corporate media explosion and the corresponding implosion of public life that characterizes our times. ...
For anyone concerned by corporate consolidation of the media, this must-read reveals the necessity of a radical revision in our perception of the business of media.
McChesney and Nicols argue that the U.S. news media needs to be saved by the people it was intended to benefit, namely the public. They claim that corporate interests have corroded the industry beyond its capacity to be helpful and that control must be returned to (or seized by) the people at the local level, lest it continue to subvert notions of ...
Highlighting the year's 25 most underreported news stories, this edition alerts readers to the deficiencies of corporate media and takes a more interactive role in exposing censored stories. Includes a full resource guide and updates on independent journalism to help readers take part in the growing media and democracy movement.
This text examines a critical point in US broadcasting in the late 1920s and early 1930s: the only period in which a strong opposition emerged to challenge network-dominated, advertising-supported media such as radio. Although the opposition failed to secure airwaves for non-profit broadcasters, its critique of the formation and structure of early ...
Are the new technologies of the information age reshaping the labor force, transforming communications, changing the potential of democracy, and altering the course of history itself? Capitalism and the Information Age presents a rigorous examination of some of the most crucial problems and possibilities of these novel technologies.
Twenty-five years of reportage is celebrated in this volume of prose regarding issues discussed in the groundbreaking pages of the periodical In These Times.
An argument for media reform, Free the Media explores the takeover of U.S. media by transnational conglomerates and shows how journalism, electoral entertainment, and the arts have suffered.
The tremendous growth of the so-called information superhighway has opened countless new channels for media, but only a very few opportunities for control of these channels. In this book, the author of "Telecommunications, Mass Media, and Democracy" traces the emergence of the global media monopoly, describes what the main players are up to, and ...
This text describes in detail the recent rapid growth and crossborder activities and linkages of an industry of large global media conglomerates. It also assesses the significance of the ongoing deregulation and convergence of the global media and telecommunications systems and the rise of the Internet. The authors argue that the most important ...
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