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Rich Media, Poor Democracy : Communication Politics in Dubious Times by Robert W. McChesney (2015, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherNew Press, T.H.E.

ISBN-101565849752

ISBN-139781565849754

eBay Product ID (ePID)202841568

Product Key Features

Book TitleRich Media, Poor Democracy : Communication Politics in Dubious Times

Number of Pages496 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2015

TopicPolitical Process / Media & Internet, Communication Studies, Media Studies, Journalism, American Government / General, Political Ideologies / Democracy

IllustratorYes

GenrePolitical Science, Social Science, Language Arts & Disciplines

AuthorRobert W. Mcchesney

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight22 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Dewey Edition21

Reviews"Robert W. McChesney is one of the nation's most important analysts of the media." --Howard Zinn "If Thomas Paine were around, he would have written this book. If Paul Revere was here, he would spread the word." --Bill Moyers "[McChesney] takes the beast directly by the throat." --Molly Ivins "Those who want to know about the relationship of media and democracy must read this book." --Neil Postman

Dewey Decimal302.23/0973

SynopsisAn updated edition of the "penetrating study" examining how the current state of mass media puts our democracy at risk (Noam Chomsky). What happens when a few conglomerates dominate all major aspects of mass media, from newspapers and magazines to radio and broadcast television? After all the hype about the democratizing power of the internet, is this new technology living up to its promise? Since the publication of this prescient work, which won Harvard's Goldsmith Book Prize and the Kappa Tau Alpha Research Award, the concentration of media power and the resultant "hypercommercialization of media" has only intensified. Robert McChesney lays out his vision for what a truly democratic society might look like, offering compelling suggestions for how the media can be reformed as part of a broader program of democratic renewal. Rich Media, Poor Democracy remains as vital and insightful as ever and continues to serve as an important resource for researchers, students, and anyone who has a stake in the transformation of our digital commons. This new edition includes a major new preface by McChesney, where he offers both a history of the transformation in media since the book first appeared; a sweeping account of the organized efforts to reform the media system; and the ongoing threats to our democracy as journalism has continued its sharp decline. "Those who want to know about the relationship of media and democracy must read this book." --Neil Postman "If Thomas Paine were around, he would have written this book." --Bill Moyers, First published to great acclaim in 2000, Rich Media, Poor Democracy is Robert W. McChesney's magnum opus. Called a "rich, penetrating study" by Noam Chomsky, the book is a meticulously researched exposition of how U.S. media and communication empires are threatening effective democratic governance. What happens when a few conglomerates dominate all major aspects of mass media, from newspapers and magazines to radio and broadcast television? Since the publication of this prescient work, which won Harvard's Goldsmith Book Prize and the Kappa Tau Alpha Research Award, the concentration of media power and the resultant "hypercommercialization of culture" has only intensified. McChesney lays out his vision for what a truly democratic society might look like, offering compelling suggestions for how the media can be reformed as part of a broader program of democratic renewal. Rich Media, Poor Democracy remains as vital and insightful as ever and continues to serve as an important resource for researchers, students, and anyone who has a stake in the transformation of our digital commons. This new edition includes a major new preface by McChesney, where he offers both a history of the transformation in media since the book first appeared; a sweeping account of the organized efforts to reform the media system; and the ongoing threats to our democracy as journalism has continued its sharp decline., Winner of Harvard's Goldsmith Book Prize as well as the Kappa Tau Alpha Research Award, Rich Media, Poor Democracy destroys the assumption that a society drenched in commercial information "choices" is a democratic one. Robert McChesney, whom Marc Crispin Miller calls "the greatest of our media historians," maintains that the major beneficiaries of the so-called Information Age are no more than a handful of enormous corporations, and that this concentrated corporate control is disastrous for any notion of participatory democracy. In a book that Noam Chomsky hails as a "rich, penetrating study," McChesney combines historical sweep and unprecedented detail on current events as he chronicles the recent waves of media mergers and acquisitions, as well as the corrupt and secretive enactment of public policies surrounding the Internet, digital television, and public broadcasting. He also addresses the gradual and ominous adaptation of the First Amendment as a means of shielding corporate media power, and debunks the myth that the market compels media firms to "give the people what they want."

LC Classification NumberP95.82.U6M38 2015