The new media monopoly /
Ben H. Bagdikian.
- Boston : Beacon Press, c2004.
- xix, 299 pages ; 22 cm.
"A completely revised and updated edition of the best-selling classic The media monopoly"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-282) and index.
Common media for an uncommon nation The big five The Internet (Not) all the news that's fit to print All the news that fits? Paper in the digital age Rebellion and remedies "Won't they ever learn?" From mythology to theology "Dear Mr. President " Only the affluent need apply Dr. Brandreth has gone to Harvard Afterword: paradise lost or paradise regained? Social justice in democracy
Bagdikian offers a survey of the media industry, highlighting issues such as the cost of advertising & the dumbing down of important social issues. It details the trend towards fewer & fewer corporations owning a majority of newspapers, television stations, book publishers & motion picture companies
0807061875 (alk. paper) 9780807061879
Mass media--Ownership. Medios de comunicación --Aspectos económicos Monopolios --Estados Unidos