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The media monopoly

Title
The media monopoly / Ben H. Bagdikian ; with a new preface on the internet and communications cartels.
Author
Bagdikian, Ben H.
Publication
Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press, 2000.

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lvii, 288 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 to six.
  • This edition features a dramatic new preface, detailing the media landscape as we enter the twenty-first century, and includes an entirely new examination of the implications of new technologies."--BOOK JACKET.
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  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Pt. 1. The Private Ministry of Information. 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 ..." -- Pt. 2. The High Cost of Free Advertising. Ch. 6. Only the Affluent Need Apply. Ch. 7. Monopoly. Ch. 8. The High Cost of Free Lunches. Ch. 9. Dr. Brandreth Has Gone to Harvard. Ch. 10. Democracy and the Media -- Pt. 3. Mass Media Without Masses. Ch. 11. Mass Media without Masses. Ch. 12. The Growing Gap. Ch. 13. To Undo Excess.
ISBN
0807061794 (pbk.)
LCCN
00021035
OCLC
  • 43227414
  • ocm43227414
  • SCSB-3891801
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries