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The media monopoly
- Title
- The media monopoly / Ben H. Bagdikian.
- Author
- Bagdikian, Ben H.
- Publication
- Boston : Beacon Press, 1997.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | P96.E252 U625 1997 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xlix, 289 pages; 21 cm
- Summary
- When the first edition of The Media Monopoly was published in 1983, critics called Ben Bagdikian's warnings about the chilling effects of corporate ownership and mass advertising on the nation's news "alarmist." Since then, the number of corporations controlling most of America's daily newspapers, magazines, radio, television, books, and movies has dropped from fifty to ten.
- This new edition explores the political implications of this stunning shift, the impact of the Internet and other new media, and the effects of corporate media control on the news and entertainment that Americans see and hear.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-275) and index.
- Contents
- Ch. 1. The Endless Chain -- Ch. 2. Public Information as Industrial By-Product -- Ch. 3. "Won't They Ever Learn?" -- Ch. 4. From Mythology to Theology -- Ch. 5. "Dear Mr. President..." -- Ch. 6. Only the Affluent Need Apply -- Ch. 7. The Endless Chain -- Ch. 8. The High Cost of Free Lunches -- Ch. 9. Dr. Brandreth Has Gone to Harvard -- Ch. 10. Democracy and the Media -- Ch. 11. Mass Media without Masses -- Ch. 12. The Growing Gap -- Ch. 13. To Undo Excess.
- ISBN
- 0807061557 (paper)
- LCCN
- 96029825
- OCLC
- 36111985
- ocm36111985
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries