Robert W McChesney
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WELCOME to the Web site of Robert W. McChesney. McChesney is the author of several books on media and politics, professor of communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, host of the weekly talk show, Media Matters, on WILL-AM radio, and cofounder of the media reform organization Free Press.

McChesney also writes widely for both academic and non-academic publications. He gives talks frequently on issues related to media and politics in the United States and world today. This site links to many of McChesney's activities, plus contact information.

The Political Economy of Media The Political Economy of Media
Robert W. McChesney
Monthly Review Press
2008



  Communication Revolution cover Communication
Revolution

Robert W. McChesney
The New Press
2007


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    BOOKS
    Tragedy & Farce
    John Nichols & Robert W. McChesney
    The New Press, 2004
    reviews
    The Problem of the Media
    Robert W. McChesney
    Monthly Review Press, 2004
    Our Media, Not Theirs
    Robert McChesney & John Nichols
    Seven Stories Press, 2002
    Rich Media, Poor Democracy
    Robert McChesney
    New Press, 2000
    reviews awards
    It's the Media, Stupid
    John H. Nichols & Robert McChesney
    Seven Stories Press, 2000
    reviews
    The Global Media
    Edward Herman & Robert McChesney
    Cassell, 1997
    reviews
    Corporate Media & the Threat to Democracy
    Robert McChesney
    Seven Stories Press, 1997
    reviews
    Telecommunications, Mass Media and Democracy
    Robert McChesney
    Oxford Univ. Press, 1993.
    reviews awards


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