Argues that the media, far from providing a bedrock for freedom and democracy, have become a significant antidemocratic force in the United States and, to varying degrees, worldwide. This title…

Media’s reach penetrates nearly every corner of the world. But it has also been a contested realm, embodying class politics and the interests of monopoly capital. This book offers a…

This rousing critique sounds the alarm on how job automation, combined with stagnant capitalism, will generate unemployment and misery. The only solution is a renewal of democracy that lets citizens-not…

This collection brings together strategies for advancing media reform, prepared by 33 scholars and activists from around the world. Chapters consider how best to secure change in areas including media…

An examination of US broadcasting in the late 1920s and early 1930s, when a strong opposition emerged to network-dominated, advertising-supported media such as radio.