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The media monopoly
- Title
- The media monopoly / Ben H. Bagdikian ; with a new preface on the internet and communications cartels.
- Author
- Bagdikian, Ben H.
- Publication
- Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press, 2000.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | P96.E252 U625 2000 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- lvii, 288 pages; 21 cm
- Summary
- "When the first edition of The Media Monopoly was published in 1983, critics called Ben Bagdikian's warnings about the chilling effects of corporate ownership and mass advertising on the nation's news "alarmist." Since then, the number of corporations controlling most of America's daily newspapers, magazines, radio, television, books, and movies has dropped from fifty to ten to six.
- This edition features a dramatic new preface, detailing the media landscape as we enter the twenty-first century, and includes an entirely new examination of the implications of new technologies."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Pt. 1. The Private Ministry of Information. Ch. 1. The Endless Chain. Ch. 2. Public Information as Industrial By-Product. Ch. 3. "Won't They Ever Learn?" Ch. 4. From Mythology to Theology. Ch. 5. "Dear Mr. President ..." -- Pt. 2. The High Cost of Free Advertising. Ch. 6. Only the Affluent Need Apply. Ch. 7. Monopoly. Ch. 8. The High Cost of Free Lunches. Ch. 9. Dr. Brandreth Has Gone to Harvard. Ch. 10. Democracy and the Media -- Pt. 3. Mass Media Without Masses. Ch. 11. Mass Media without Masses. Ch. 12. The Growing Gap. Ch. 13. To Undo Excess.
- ISBN
- 0807061794 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 00021035
- OCLC
- 43227414
- ocm43227414
- SCSB-3891801
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries