Rich Media, Poor Democracy - Communication Politics in Dubious Times

Informationen zum Autor Robert W. McChesney is the Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of some two dozen books on media and political economy, including Digital Disconnect, Communication Revolution, and the award-winning Rich Media, Poor Democracy; a co-author, with John Nichols, of Tragedy and Farce; and a co-editor, with Ben Scott, of Our Unfree Press, and, with Victor Pickard, of Will the Last Reporter Please Turn Out the Lights (all published by The New Press). McChesney and Nichols are also the co-authors of the award-winning Dollarocracy: How the Money and Media Election Complex Is Destroying America. McChesney's work has been translated into thirty-one languages. He lives in Champaign, Illinois, and Madison, Wisconsin. Klappentext In this first paperback edition of a myth-breaking book, McChesney argues that the media, far from providing a bedrock for freedom and democracy, have become a significant anti-democratic force in the United States and, to varying degrees, worldwide.

Product details

• Authors: Robert W McChesney, Robert W. McChesney, Robert Waterman McChesney
• Publisher: New press usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1999
• EAN: 9781565846340
• ISBN: 978-1-56584-634-0
• No. of pages: 464
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries