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The new media monopoly / Ben H. Bagdikian.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Boston : Beacon Press, c2004.Description: xix, 299 pages ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0807061875 (alk. paper)
  • 9780807061879
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.4/730223/0973
LOC classification:
  • P 96 B144n 2004
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Contents:
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
Summary: 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
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) P 96 B144n 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000023692

"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

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