Filled with up-to-the-minute facts, figures, and commentary, the book features over 100 of the leading journalists, media critics, and experts in the country on: who owns and controls the media; how the rapidly expanding empires of Disney, Time Warner, Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp, and other media conglomerates affect what you see, hear and read; how political considerations and the radical right influence what gets on the air and who gets left out of the picture; and how advertising pervades virtually every second of your life. We the Media also highlights the alternatives - organizations, leaders, and the media makers who are successfully fighting the conglomerates and demanding that media and democracy go together. Our media system has been transformed and our lives will be changed in ways we don't even know yet. But we can do something about it. We the Media is a survival guide to navigating the brave new media landscape.
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A very useful tool in sorting through the lies and hype.,
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This publication was useful in helping me and my family sort through the media hype surrounding who actually commits more crimes, whose on welfare, and who owns what super-giant media corporations. This helps us to weed out the negative sterotypical junk and get to the truth. I will share this publication with my peers and family, co-workers and keep it on the front row of my bookcase.
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Fabulously important book,
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An excellent anthology of articles about the issue of what the mass media is today.
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Great book dealing with the mass media, and its ugly truths.,
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This review is from: We the Media: A Citizen's Guide to Fighting for Media Democracy (Paperback)
This is a book that will inform and educate you on the powerful monster of the media. Have you ever questioned what you hear or see on radio or tv? Why is certain views covered in print and other not? What are the underlining motives of the companies that provide media coverage? If you've asked these questions or simular then you might find this book worth reading. A book that hopes to make you an informed citizen.
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