The New Media Monopoly

by Bagdikian, Ben H.

• ISBN13: 9780807061879
• ISBN10: 0807061875
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780807061848
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-05-15
• Publisher: Beacon Press
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Summary

When the first edition ofThe Media Monopolywas 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 and television stations, book publishers, and movie companies has dwindled from fifty to ten to five. The most respected critique of modern mass media ever issued is now published in a completely updated and revised twentieth anniversary edition. 'Ben Bagdikian has written the first great media book of the twenty-first century. The New Media Monopoly will provide a roadmap to understanding how we got here and where we need to go to make matters better.' -Robert McChesney, author ofRich Media, Poor Democracy

Author Biography

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Ben H. Bagdikian is dean emeritus of the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Preface to the First Edition	p. xv
Common Media for an Uncommon Nation	p. 1
The Big Five	p. 27
The Internet	p. 55
(Not) All the News That's Fit to Print	p. 74
All the News That Fits?	p. 91
Paper in the Digital Age	p. 114
Rebellion and Remedies	p. 131
"Won't They Ever Learn?"	p. 153
From Mythology to Theology	p. 177
"Dear Mr. President ..."	p. 204
Only the Affluent Need Apply	p. 218
Dr. Brandreth Has Gone to Harvard	p. 233
Afterword: Paradise Lost or Paradise Regained? Social Justice in Democracy	p. 257
Notes	p. 266
Acknowledgments	p. 283
Index	p. 285
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