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The Future of Media: Resistance and Reform in the 21st Century

1 review

Seven Stories Press, 2005

Forward Media Democracy
There is a simmering undercurrent of media activism brewing out there amongst the public. Plenty of regular folks are getting fed up with the corporate consolidation of media outlets, with the resulting sameness of content, the relentless advertising and push for profitability, and the disappearance of localism and dissenting viewpoints. Though this book is unlikely to be a widespread influence ...

Our Media, Not Theirs (Open Media Series)

7 reviews
John Nichols, Robert W. McChesney

Open Media, 2003

Out of The Margins
The key issue today is media reform. An aggressive and adversarial press is crucial to our democracy. Much of the apathy and disappointment that people express with the state of the world is due in no small part to the media. In my opinion, Americans have always been somewhat self-absorbed and apathetic. Also, there is really no such thing as "objective" journalism. Never was, and unlikely ...

Pox Americana

5 reviews
John Bellamy Foster, Robert W. McChesney

Aakar Books, 2006

Useful, pertinent, honest essays
The authors of Chapter one, Magdoff, Mchesney and Bellamy Foster give some insights into the U.S. war in the Philipines. Villages were regularly burned and their inhabitants placed in concentration camps. The "water torture" was regularly used on Filipino detainees. One general told his troops to attack anyone over ten, to burn everything they saw and to turn the island of Sumara into a howling ...

The Quieted Voice: The Rise and Demise of Localism in American Radio

2 reviews
Michael C. Keith, Robert L. HILLIARD

Southern Illinois University Press, 2005

Losing local
An ambitious yet concise history and analysis of local broadcasting and its decline as the consequence of corporate greed.

Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times

29 reviews
Robert W. McChesney

New Press, 2000

One Dollar = One Vote
McChesney introduces us to laissez faire's New Theology of the First Amendment which since the 1970s has gone against most of the great political philosophers starting with John Stuart Mill: the wealthy have the right to purchase elections, advertisers have the right to operate without regulation, and further, commercial entities are to have the same First Amendment rights as citizens. In other ...

Communication Revolution: Critical Junctures and the Future of Media

2 reviews
Robert W. Mcchesney

New Press, 2008

Important book connecting media to democracy
This book provides strong evidence of how and why the American media system is failing to fulfill its role as an institution of American constitutional democracy, but it goes further to argue that we are living in a uniquely opportune moment - a "critical juncture" - during which we have the chance to make changes to the system. Robert W. McChesney is one of America's most important media ...

Corporate Media and the Threat to Democracy (Open Media Pamphlet Series)

11 reviews
Robert W. McChesney

Seven Stories Press, 2003

A great book, if you can handle the truth.
While most media criticism looks at the personal politics of reporters and editors or other such nonsense, McChesney's terrific little book examines the news industry as an industry. Out of this analysis comes eye-opening revelations about why we get such a narrow perspective in the mainstream news, and why there is so little news reporting available that could serve to upset the corporate ...

Profit Over People: Neoliberalism & Global Order

28 reviews
Noam Chomsky, Robert W. McChesney

Seven Stories Press, 2003

As always Noam Chomsky's books are a must read.
Excellent read, the author never fails to open ones eyes in his books. Recommended highly.

Our Unfree Press: 100 Years of Radical Media Criticism

1 review

New Press, 2004

Freeing Our Press
This book collects some stunning examples of U.S. media criticism from 1906 through 2003. The introduction is in many ways a wonderful work of analysis. The primary purpose it lays out for the book is establishing that radical criticism of for-profit media is not new or rare in this country, that, as in other countries, it has been around as long as mass media have. The book accomplishes this ...

Telecommunications, Mass Media, and Democracy: The Battle for the Control of U.S. Broadcasting, 1928-1935

1 review
Robert W. McChesney

Oxford University Press, USA, 1995

History Repeats
Robert McChesney has become one of our leading media critics and activists, and in this debut book from 1993 he was already adept at exploring why concentrated corporate media is an affront to democracy. Granted, at the time of this book McChesney was not yet wearing his democratic (small "d") politics so prominently on his sleeve, and was more concerned with the historical forces that have ...

Appeal to Reason: The First 25 Years of In These Times

Seven Stories Press, 2002

For 25 years, this national biweekly independent magazine of news and opinion has provided groundbreaking coverage of the labor movement, environment, feminism, grassroots politics, minority communities, and the media. Features articles from contributors such as David Brower, Noam Chomsky, Barbara Ehrenreich, Juan Gonzalez, Chris Lehmann, John Nichols, Alice Walker, and Fred Weir.

Cambridge History of Inner Asia: The Chinggisid Age

Cambridge University Press, 2009

This volume centres on the history and legacy of the Mongol World Empire founded by Chinggis Khan and his sons, including its impact upon the modern world. An international team of scholars examines the political and cultural history of the Mongol empire, its Chinggisid successor states, and the non-Chinggisid dynasties that came to dominate Inner Asia in its wake. Geographically, it focuses on the continental region from East Asia to Eastern ...

It's the Media Stupid

5 reviews
Robert W. McChesney, John Nichols

Sevenstories Press, 2000

The media elite is a waste of taxpayer resources
Ever wonder why the rightwing fascists and fake liberals in both parties get away with destroying America? It's the media, stupid ! Yes, some rightwing lunatics will cry "Liberal media" while others will cry "conservative/corporate media" but folks, the media is nothing more than a puppet for anti-America government that exists in Washington D.C. . The book does take a strong swipe at the ever ...

American Communication Research: The Remembered History. (book reviews): An article from: Journal of ...
Robert W. McChesney

Broadcast Education Association, 1997

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Tragedy & Farce: How the American Media Sell Wars, Spin Elections, and Destroy Democracy

10 reviews
John Nichols, Robert W. McChesney

New Press, 2006

A national disgrace
The war is a tragedy and the media coverage of the 2004 presidential election was a farce. That is part of what Nichols and McChesney are telling us in this very readable and important book. More saliently they warn that unless the media reassumes its responsibility to tell the truth about how our government operates and about what it is doing that it hides from us, there is a danger that our ...

A Different Road Taken: Profiles in Critical Communication. (book reviews): An article from: Journal of ...
Robert W. McChesney

Broadcast Education Association, 1997

This digital document is an article from Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, published by Broadcast Education Association on September 22, 1997. The length of the article is 3461 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: A ...

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