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Networks of Power: Corporate TV's Threat to Democracy »
Authors: Dennis W. Mazzocco, Herbert I. Schiller
ISBN-13: 9780896084735, ISBN-10: 0896084736
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: South End Press
Date Published: July 1999
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Dennis W. Mazzocco
Book Synopsis
A history of the way giant media corporations use the country's news and culture to favor corporate goals. "A well-written and tightly argued book."--Robert McChesney [media] [political][current events][radio][television]
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgements | ||
| Foreword | ||
| Preface | ||
| Introduction | 1 | |
| 1 | The Unmaking of a TV Worker | 9 |
| 2 | The History of ABC: Always Be Conservative | 29 |
| 3 | The Rise of Capital Cities (1954-1978) | 51 |
| 4 | Capital Coup - The Takeover of ABC | 77 |
| 5 | Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.: Leading the U.S. Media Cartel | 101 |
| 6 | Making Media More Democratic | 141 |
| Notes | 167 | |
| Selected Bibliography | 195 | |
| Index | 199 |
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