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Author McChesney, Robert Waterman, 1952-

Title The political economy of media : enduring issues, emerging dilemmas / Robert W. McChesney
Published New York : Monthly Review Press, [2008]
©2008

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Description 589 pages ; 23 cm
Contents I Journalism -- 1 The Problem of Journalism -- 2 A Century of Radical Media Criticism in the United States -- 3 Upton Sinclair and the Contradictions of Capitalist Journalism -- 4 Telling the Truth at a Moment of Truth: U.S. News Media and the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq -- 5 How to Think About Journalism: Looking Backward, Going Forward -- II Critical Studies -- 6 The Battle for the U.S. Airwaves, 1928-1935 -- 7 The Payne Fund and Radio Broadcasting, 1928-1935 -- 8 Media Made Sport: A History of Sports Coverage in the United States -- 9 Public Broadcasting in the Age of Communication Revolution -- 10 The New Theology of the First Amendment: Class Privilege Over Democracy -- 11 The Commercial Tidal Wave -- 12 Noam Chomsky and the Struggle Against Neoliberalism -- 13 The New Economy: Myth and Reality -- 14 The Political Economy of International Communications -- III Politics and Media Reform -- 15 Off-Limits: An Inquiry into the Lack of Debate Over the Ownership, Structure, and Control of the Media in U.S. Political Life -- 16 The Internet and U.S. Communication Policymaking in Historical and Critical Perspective -- 17 U.S. Left and Media Politics -- 18 Global Media and Its Discontents -- 19 Theses on Media Deregulation -- 20 Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times -- 21 The Case for U.S. Public Broadcasting and Implications for Philanthropists -- 22 The Escalating War Against Corporate Media -- 23 The U.S. Media Reform Movement Going Forward
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Mass media -- Political aspects.
Mass media -- Economic aspects.
Mass media -- Social aspects.
Journalism -- Political aspects.
Democracy.
LC no. 2008027102
ISBN 9781583671610 (paperback)
9781583671627 (hbk)