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Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times (The History of Communication)
Rich Media Poor Democracy Communication Politics in Dubious Times - The History of Communication Author:Robert McChesney, Robert W. McChesney Praise for RICH MEDIA, POOR DEMOCRACY BILL MOYERS--"If Thomas Paine were around, he would have written this book. If Pau l Revere were here, he would spread the word. Thank God we have in Robert McChesney their equal in his love of liberty and his passion to reclaim it from the media gian ts who treat the conversation of democracy as their priv... more »ate property." RALPH NADER--"RICH MEDIA, POOR DEMOCRACY is more than a prolonged wake-up call; it shames those who do nothing and motivates~ validation-form-field.description_0001: ~ those who are trying to build a more democ ratic media that reflects the all-important noncommercial values which forge a just society." NOAM CHOMSKY--"McChesney's rich and penetrating study advances considerably his pioneering work on media and democracy...[A] very significant contribution." U.S. SENATOR PAUL WELLSTONE--"For those concerned with the future of our , and the conditions for that democracy--citizen participation and informed public d iscourse--Bob McChesney's book will be of great interest. A sophisti cated and provocative analysis of the troubling oliogopolistic trends sweeping throu gh our media system and so much of our economy today." NEIL POSTMAN--"It may be true that the medium is the message. But it is probably truer to say that power is the message. And in RICH MEDIA, POOR DEMOCRACY, Robert McC hesney documents that claim with awesome scholarship and a compelling style. Those w ho want to know about the relationship of media and democracy must read this book." "VICTOR NAVASKY--"Anyone who claims to care about the interaction between media and democracy can't not read McChesney's latest. This activist-professor not only id entifies and analyzes the problem in global (not to mention cyber) terms, but he tel ls us what to do about it."~« less