Megamedia How Giant Corporations Dominate Mass Media, Distort Competition, and Endanger Democracy

"Serious news is increasingly marginalized, quality has continued to plummet, viewer disgust is at an all-time high, and consumer costs are rising...MEGAMEDIA is a somewhat desultory, but highly informed look at why that is no, drawing on material as diverse as biographies of media figures, firsthand accounts of newsroom practice, statistical studies, international comparisons, newly emerging economic theories of anti-competitive market forces and much, much more....MEGAMEDIA speaks to the vast, largely silenced majority who already feel something is terribly wrong...and are willing to take drastic corrective action, if only they could be informed and organized....In light of Alger's persuasive presentation, this proposal--so deeply at odds with the conventional wisdom--comes across as an almost too-modest expression of common sense.Alger, Dean E. is the author of 'Megamedia How Giant Corporations Dominate Mass Media, Distort Competition, and Endanger Democracy' with ISBN 9780847683895 and ISBN 0847683893.