Living in the Number One Country Reflections From a Critic of American Empire

by SCHILLER, HERBERT I.

• ISBN13: 9781583220283
• ISBN10: 1583220283
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-09-05
• Publisher: Seven Stories Press

Summary

The author of "Culture Inc.: The Corporate Takeover of Public Expression" now offers a critique of the relationship between the post-World War II American empire and information technology.

Author Biography

Herbert I. Schiller (1919-2000) was professor of communication at the University of California at San Diego.

Table of Contents

Introduction One Life, One Century	7	(45)
Number One and The Political Economy of Communication	45	(18)
Visions of Global Electronic Mastery	63	(26)
Communication Today: What's New?	89	(16)
Communication Theorists of Empire	105	(24)
Corporatizing Communication and Culture	129	(18)
In The Core of Power	147	(34)
Number One In The Twenty-First Century	181