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Corporate Media and the Threat to Democracy

by Robert W. McChesney

Series:The Open Media Pamphlet Series

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CORPORATE MEDIA AND THE THREAT TO DEMOCRACY The third volume in the Open Media Series examines the growth of the global media market that is now dominated by just 10 enormous transnational media conglomerates. Describes the activities of the main corporate players, the incorporation of the internet into the system, and discusses what people around the world are doing to try and change the situation.

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Robert W. McChesney

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Robert W. McChesney is the Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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The Open Media Pamphlet Series

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Canonical title: Corporate Media and the Threat to Democracy

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Languages: English
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Published: 1997
Genres: Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Politics and Government, Sociology
DDC/MDS: 302.2
LCC: P96 .I5 .M337

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