Synopses & Reviews
Sixth Edition
With a New Preface on the Internet and Telecommunications Cartels.
Since this classic on corporate control of the media was first published in 1983, the number of corporations dominating our media has shrunk from fifty to merely six. Once called "alarmist," Bagdikian's claims are uncanny and chilling in their accuracy. This much-needed sixth edition follows up on the digital revolution, revealing startling details of a new communications cartel within the United States.
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"An eye-opening attack on the growing concentration of major media." Chicago Tribune
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"Since its publication in 1983, Ben. H. Bagdikian's The Media Monopoly has served as a bible for students of media-industry concentration." Willamette Week, Portland, Oregon Nov. 8, 2000
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"One of the most important critiques of the press ever written." Katherine Fulton, St. Petersburg Times
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"A troubling and convincing book." Fenton Johnson, San Francisco Review of Books
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"A groundbreaking work that charts a historic shift in the orientation of the majority of America's communications media further away from the needs of the individual and closer to those of big business." Bruce Manuel, The Christian Science Monitor
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"Essential background for those wanting to be informed consumers of the news." Valerie Miner, Mother Jones
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"Every American needs to ponder the information in this useful book." The Progressive
Synopsis
Since this classic on corporate control of the media was first published in 1983, the number of corporations dominating our media has shrunk from fifty to merely six. Once called "alarmist", Bagdikian's claims are uncanny and chilling in their accuracy. This much-needed sixth edition follows up on the digital revolution, revealing startling details of a new communications cartel within the United States.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-275) and index.
About the Author
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ben H. Bagdikian is dean emeritus of the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California at Berkeley. His other books include Double Vision: Reflections on My Heritage, Life, and Profession.