TY - BOOK AU - Bagdikian,Ben H. TI - The media monopoly SN - 0807061573 AV - P 96 B144m 1992 PY - 1992/// CY - Boston PB - Beacon Press KW - Medios de comunicación KW - Aspectos económicos KW - Monopolios KW - Estados Unidos N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-275) and index N2 - In this critique of corporate media control, Ben Bagdikian examines the effect of corporate ownership and advertising on mass media in the United States. He documents the continuing decline in the number of firms dominating production of newspapers, magizines, books, television and movies in the U.S. He also discusses the emerging corporate control of alternative media outlets such as cable television, syndicated programming and videocassettes, and shows how the recession, corporate takovers and lax antitrust policies have affected news reporting in the 1980s ER -