The Problem of the Media

U.S. Communication Politics in the Twenty-first Century

Robert McChesney (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

367 Seiten

2004
Monthly Review Press,U.S. (Verlag)
978-1-58367-105-4 (ISBN)

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Media analyst McChesney (communication, U. of Illinois-Urbana Champaign) deconstructs how the media system works in the US so that citizens can see it isn't so mysterious and be inspired to take a role in reshaping the flawed policies that the system is built on. McChesney argues that the increasing

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.

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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.4.2004
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	499 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► IT-Recht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Wirtschaft
ISBN-10	1-58367-105-6 / 1583671056
ISBN-13	978-1-58367-105-4 / 9781583671054
Zustand	Neuware