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Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times

by Robert W Mcchesney

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Awards

Winner of Harvard's Goldsmith Book Prize

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Synopses & Reviews

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Rich Media, Poor Democracy challenges the assumption that a society drenched in commercial information "choices" is a democratic one. Robert McChesney, whom Marc Crispin Miller calls "the greatest of our media historians," argues that the major beneficiaries of the so-called Information Age are wealthy investors, advertisers, and a handful of enormous media, computer, and telecommunications corporations. This concentrated corporate control, McChesney maintains, is disastrous for any notion of participatory democracy.

Combining unprecedented detail on current events with historical sweep, in a book Noam Chomsky calls a "rich and penetrating study," McChesney chronicles the waves of media mergers and acquisitions in the late 1990s. He reviews the corrupt and secretive enactment of public policies surrounding the internet, digital television, and public broadcasting. He also addresses the gradual and ominous adaptation of the First Amendment as a means of shielding corporate media power and the wealthy, and he debunks the myth that the market compels media firms to "give the people what they want."

In an eye-opening call to action, McChesney warns that we must organize politically to restructure the media if we want democracy to endure.

Review:

"It may be true that the medium is the message. But it is probably truer to say that power is the message. And in Rich Media, Poor Democracy Robert McChesney documents that claim with awesome scholarship and a compelling style. Those who want to know about the relationship of media and democracy must read this book." Neil Postman, author of Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology

Review:

"McChesney's rich and penetrating study advances considerably his pioneering work on media and democracy....[A] very significant contribution." Noam Chomsky

Review:

"Rich Media, Poor Democracy is more than a prolonged wake-up call; it shames those who do nothing and motivates those who are trying to build a more democratic media that reflects the all-important non-commercial values which forge a just society." Ralph Nader

Review:

"If Thomas Paine were around, he would have written this book. If Paul Revere was here, he would spread the word. Thank God we have in Robert McChesney their equal in his love of liberty and his passion to reclaim it from the media giants who treat the conversation of democracy as their private property." Bill Moyers

Synopsis:

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.

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About the Author

Robert McChesney teaches at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and is the author of Telecommunications, Mass Media, and Democracy and other books on media.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9781565846340

Author:

McChesney, Robert Waterman

Publisher:

New Press

Author:

McChesney, Robert Waterman

Author:

McChesney, Robert W.

Location:

New York

Subject:

Mass media

Subject:

Democracy

Subject:

Mass Media - General

Subject:

Political Ideologies - Democracy

Subject:

Media Studies

Subject:

Democracy -- United States.

Subject:

Mass media -- Political aspects.

Subject:

General Political Science

Subject:

Politics - General

Copyright:

1999

Edition Number:

New Press pbk. ed.

Edition Description:

Trade Paper

Series Volume:

90-17

Publication Date:

20001131

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Language:

English

Pages:

464

Dimensions:

9.2 x 6.1 in 23.5 oz

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Product details 464 pages New Press - 2013-01-10 English 9781565846340 Reviews:

"Review" by Neil Postman, author of Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology, "It may be true that the medium is the message. But it is probably truer to say that power is the message. And in Rich Media, Poor Democracy Robert McChesney documents that claim with awesome scholarship and a compelling style. Those who want to know about the relationship of media and democracy must read this book."

"Review" by Noam Chomsky, "McChesney's rich and penetrating study advances considerably his pioneering work on media and democracy....[A] very significant contribution."

"Review" by Ralph Nader, "Rich Media, Poor Democracy is more than a prolonged wake-up call; it shames those who do nothing and motivates those who are trying to build a more democratic media that reflects the all-important non-commercial values which forge a just society."

"Review" by Bill Moyers, "If Thomas Paine were around, he would have written this book. If Paul Revere was here, he would spread the word. Thank God we have in Robert McChesney their equal in his love of liberty and his passion to reclaim it from the media giants who treat the conversation of democracy as their private property."

"Synopsis" by Ingram, 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.