Includes bibliographical references (p. [501]-567) and index.
Contents:
The U.S. media reform movement going forward. A century of radical media criticism in the United States -- Upton Sinclair and the contradictions of capitalist journalism -- Telling the truth at a moment of truth : U.S. news media and the invasion and occupation of Iraq -- How to think about journalism : looking backward, going forward -- The battle for the U.S. airwaves, 1928-1935 -- The Payne Fund and radio broadcasting, 1928-1935 -- Media made sport : a history of sports coverage in the United States -- Public broadcasting in the age of communication revolution -- The new theology of the First Amendment : class privilege over democracy -- The commercial tidal wave -- Noam Chomsky and the struggle against neoliberalism -- The new economy : myth and reality -- The political economy of international communications -- Off-limits : an inquiry into the lack of debate of the ownership, structure, and control of the media in U.S. political life -- The internet and U.S. communication policymaking in historical and critical perspective -- U.S. left and media politics -- Global media and its discontents -- Theses on media deregulation -- Rich media, poor democracy : communication politics in dubious times -- The case for U.S. public broadcasting and implications for philanthropists -- The escalating war against corporate media -- The U.S. media reform movement going forward.
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