The Media MonopolySince this classic on corporate control of the media was first published in 1997, the number of corporations dominating our media has shrunk from fifty to merely five. Once called "alarmist," Bagdikian's claims are uncanny and chilling in their accuracyl This much-needed sixth edition follows up on the digital revolution, revealing startling details of a new communications cartel within the United States. |
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Page xlviii
... electric chair there was such a powerful flow of electricity that in my hometown of Stoneham , fifteen miles away , and in all of eastern Massachusetts , the electric lights blinked . I had no childhood reason to doubt their guilt and I ...
... electric chair there was such a powerful flow of electricity that in my hometown of Stoneham , fifteen miles away , and in all of eastern Massachusetts , the electric lights blinked . I had no childhood reason to doubt their guilt and I ...
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... Electric bought RCA in 1986 ( and with it NBC News ) , it combined its media power with its other industrial and financial interests . General Electric is a major defense contractor - it manufactures and sells electronic , electrical ...
... Electric bought RCA in 1986 ( and with it NBC News ) , it combined its media power with its other industrial and financial interests . General Electric is a major defense contractor - it manufactures and sells electronic , electrical ...
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Ben H. Bagdikian. and politics of General Electric are not very different from those of other large corporations that in the last twenty - five years have acquired control of the country's major media . General Electric's record ...
Ben H. Bagdikian. and politics of General Electric are not very different from those of other large corporations that in the last twenty - five years have acquired control of the country's major media . General Electric's record ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | vii |
Preface to the First Edition | xlviii |
The Endless Chain | 3 |
Copyright | |
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