| Edition |
A Seven Stories Press first ed. |
| Description |
478 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Filmography (pages 471-475). |
| Contents |
Introduction. The many fronts of the media war -- News dissecting: inside the rock radio revolution -- Elevating journalism (through Harvard Yard) -- Going local: breaking into the business and being broken by it -- CNN: the world's most (self) important network -- 20/20: we're in touch so you be in touch -- The control room -- Defecting: becoming a network refugee -- Globalvision: downwardly mobile and upwardly global -- Passion and discovery: that was then -- On the island -- Contradictions, contradictions: this is now -- Media worlds in collision -- I, Rupert -- The mergers of July and the end of journalism -- What we can do -- The media channel. |
| Summary |
" ... one journalist's testimony on the demise--and possible resurgence--of truth-telling in our time. Weaving autobiographical experiences with media analysis, Schecter names names and points his finger at key players in the megamedia corporations that rule the airwaves. ..."--Jacket. |
| Subject |
Mass media.
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Schechter, Danny.
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Schechter, Danny. (OCoLC)fst00385432
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Mass media. (OCoLC)fst01011219
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| ISBN |
1888363401 |
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9781888363401 |
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