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The Problem of the Media: U.S. Communication Politics in the Twenty-first Century
Author(s): Robert McChesney (Author)
- Publisher: Monthly Review Press,U.S.
- Publication Date: 1 Mar. 2004
- Language: English
- Print length: 304 pages
- ISBN-10: 1583671064
- ISBN-13: 9781583671061
Book Description
The symptoms of the crisis of the U.S. media are well-known – a decline in hard news, the growth of info-tainment and advertorials, staff cuts and concentration of ownership, increasing conformity of viewpoint and suppression of genuine debate. McChesney’s new book, The Problem of the Media, gets to the roots of this crisis, explains it, and points a way forward for the growing media reform movement.
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Review
“Robert McChesney’s work has been of extraordinary importance. . . . It should be read with care and concern by people who care about freedom and basic rights.”–Noam Chomsky
About the Author
Robert W. McChesney is professor of communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, author of Rich Media, Poor Democracy and Our Media, Not Theirs, and co-editor of Monthly Review.
