Our Media, Not Theirs

by McChesney, Robert Waterman

• ISBN13: 9781583225493
• ISBN10: 1583225498
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-12-01
• Publisher: Seven Stories Pr

Summary

A revised, updated, and expanded edition of McChesney and Nichols's bestselling It's the Media, Stupid! The authors critique the U.S. media system, examine alternatives at work in other countries, and conclude with a proposal for meaningful reform.

Author Biography

ROBERT W. MCCHESNEY is a research professor in the Institute of Communications Research and the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His work concentrates on the history and political economy of communication, emphasizing the role media play in democratic and capitalist societies.
JOHN NICHOLS is the Washington correspondent for the Nation and associate editor of The Capital Times in Madison, WI. He is the author of Jews for Buchanan: Did You Hear the One About the Theft of the American Presidency (The New Press), and is a recipient of the Clarion Award for newspaper column writing and Inland Press Association honors for best editorial writing on an American newspaper.

Table of Contents

The World We Share	9	(12)
Barbara Ehrenreich
In an Honest Debate	12	(3)
Ralph Nader
Renewing Tom Paine's Challenge	15	(9)
Noam Chomsky
Introduction	24	(22)
The Problem with U.S. Media	46	(35)
The Global Media and its Discontents	81	(33)
Building the U.S. Media Movement	114	(27)
A Note on Sources	141	(1)
About the Authors	142