LEADER 04174nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910815719403321 005 20240313115248.0 010 $a1-58367-376-8 010 $a1-58367-377-6 035 $a(CKB)2670000000316790 035 $a(EBL)1107506 035 $a(OCoLC)823170269 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000803696 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12405899 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000803696 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10811223 035 $a(PQKB)10229496 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1107506 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10642314 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1107506 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000316790 100 $a20031205d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe problem of the media $eU.S. communication politics in the twenty-first century /$fRobert W. McChesney 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cMonthly Review Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (368 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-58367-105-6 311 $a1-58367-106-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 298-351) and index. 327 $aCover; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1. POLITICAL PROBLEM, POLITICAL SOLUTIONS; Media, Markets, and Policies; U.S. Media System Not ""Naturally"" Profit Driven; Subsidizing the Press; The Rise of Broadcasting; The Neoliberal Period; 2. UNDERSTANDING U.S. JOURNALISM I: CORPORATE CONTROL AND PROFESSIONALISM; Journalism's Great Crisis; Rise of Professional Journalism; Limitations of Professional Journalism; The Commercialization of Journalism; Covering the Corporate Scandal; 3. UNDERSTANDING U.S. JOURNALISM II: RIGHT-WING CRITICISM AND POLITICAL COVERAGE; Conservative Critique of the ""Liberal Media"" 327 $aRight-Wing Political Campaign against the MediaPartisan Coverage in Peace and War; Journalism's Litmus Test: Election Coverage; Missing the Story-From DC to Florida; 4. THE AGE OF HYPER-COMMERCIALISM; Rise of Advertising; Hyper-Commercialism and Media; The Crumbling Wall; Hyper-Commercialism's New Frontiers; Advertising and Policy; 5. THE MARKET U?BER ALLES; Is the Media System a Competitive Market?; Conglomeration and Synergy; Is the Market Appropriate to Regulate Media?; Creativity versus Commerce in the Conglomerate Era; So Do Commercial Media Give People What They Want? 327 $aThe Case for the Status Quo6. MEDIA POLICIES AND MEDIA REFORM; Technology and the Internet; Policy Making in the Internet Era; Media Ownership Policies; Media and Antitrust Law; Public Broadcasting, Yesterday and Today; Invigorating Public Media; 7. THE UPRISING OF 2003; Media Reform Movement Comes to Life; Powell and Copps Take the Stage; Beltway Opposition Stiffens; Powell's Three Arguments; Opposition Grows Beyond the Beltway; Left and Right Unite; From FCC to Congress; Trench Warfare; Epilogue: The Hardest Battle Has Been Won; NOTES; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P 327 $aQR; S; T; U; V; W; Y 330 $aThe symptoms of the crisis of the U.S. media are well-known-a decline in hard news, the growth of info-tainment and advertorials, staff cuts and concentration of ownership, increasing conformity of viewpoint and suppression of genuine debate. McChesney's new book, The Problem of the Media , gets to the roots of this crisis, explains it, and points a way forward for the growing media reform movement. Moving consistently from critique to action, the book explores the political economy of the media, illuminating its major flashpoints and controversies by locating them in the political economy of 606 $aMass media$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y2001-2009 615 0$aMass media$xPolitical aspects 676 $a302.23/0973 676 $a302.230973 676 $a302.230973 700 $aMcChesney$b Robert Waterman$f1952-$0554030 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815719403321 996 $aThe problem of the media$93942110 997 $aUNINA