Robert W McChesney

Broschiertes Buch

Rich Media, Poor Democracy

Communication Politics in Dubious Times

Beschreibung

In this first paperback edition of a myth-breaking book, McChesney argues that the media, far from providing a bedrock for freedom and democracy, have become a significant anti-democratic force in the United States and, to varying degrees, worldwide.

Autor

Robert W. McChesney is the Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of some two dozen books on media and political economy, including Digital Disconnect, Communication Revolution, and the award-winning Rich Media, Poor Democracy; a co-author, with John Nichols, of Tragedy and Farce ; and a co-editor, with Ben Scott, of Our Unfree Press, and, with Victor Pickard, of Will the Last Reporter Please Turn Out the Lights (all published by The New Press). McChesney and Nichols are also the co-authors of the award-winning Dollarocracy: How the Money and Media Election Complex Is Destroying America. McChesney's work has been translated into thirty-one languages. He lives in Champaign, Illinois, and Madison, Wisconsin.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: New Press
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 649g
• ISBN-13: 9781565846340
• ISBN-10: 1565846346
• Artikelnr.: 22400739