The political economy of media : enduring issues, emerging dilemmas / Robert W. McChesney.
The influence of media on society is unquestioned. Its reach penetrates nearly every corner of the world and every aspect of life. But it has also been a contested realm, embodying class politics and the interests of monopoly capital. In The Political Economy of Media, Robert W. McChesney provides a...
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Monthly Review Press,
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Table of Contents:
- I. Journalism. The problem of journalism ; A century of radical media criticism in the United States ; Upton Sinclair and the contradictions of capitalist journalism ; Telling the truth at a moment of truth : U.S. news media and the invasion and occupation of Iraq ; How to think about journalism : looking backward, going forward
- II. Critical studies. The battle for the U.S. airwaves, 1928-1935 ; The Payne Fund and radio broadcasting, 1928-1935 ; Media made sport : a history of sports coverage in the United States ; Public broadcasting in the age of communication revolution ; The new theology of the First Amendment : class privilege over democracy ; The commercial tidal wave ; Noam Chomsky and the struggle against neoliberalism ; The new economy : myth and reality ; The political economy of international communications
- III. Politics and media reform. Off-limits : an inquiry into the lack of debate of the ownership, structure, and control of the media in U.S. political life ; The internet and U.S. communication policymaking in historical and critical perspective ; U.S. left and media politics ; Global media and its discontents ; Theses on media deregulation ; Rich media, poor democracy : communication politics in dubious times ; The case for U.S. public broadcasting and implications for philanthropists ; The escalating war against corporate media ; The U.S. media reform movement going forward.