Robert W McChesney
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This page contains a list of articles by Robert McChesney accessible via the web.

JOURNAL & MONOGRAPH ARTICLES

The Political Economy of International Communications: Foundations for the Emerging Global Debate over Media Ownership and Regulation
Robert W. McChesney & Dan Schiller. Paper prepared for the UNRISD Programme on Information Technologies and Social Development as part of UNRISD background work for the World Summit on the Information Society, June 2002.

Upton Sinclair and the Contradictions of Capitalist Journalism
Robert W. McChesney & Ben Scott, Monthly Review, Vol. 54, No. 1 (May 2002): pp. 1-14.

The New Face of Capitalism: Slow Growth, Excess Capital, and a Mountain of Debt
The Editors (John Bellamy Foster, Harry Magdoff, Paul M. Sweezy, and Robert W. McChesney), Monthly Review, Vo. 53, No. 11, April 2002, pp. 1-14.

U.S. Military Bases and Empire
The Editors (John Bellamy Foster, Harry Magdoff, Paul M. Sweezy, and Robert W. McChesney), Monthly Review, Vo. 53, No. 10, March 2002, pp. 1-16.

After the Attack … The War on Terrorism
The Editors (John Bellamy Foster, Harry Magdoff, Paul M. Sweezy, and Robert W. McChesney), Monthly Review, Vo. 53, No. 6., November 2001.

Prisons and Executions—the U.S. Model: A Historical Introduction
The Editors (John Bellamy Foster, Harry Magdoff, Paul M. Sweezy, and Robert W. McChesney), Monthly Review, Vol. 53, No. 3 (July-August 2001), pp. 1-18.

Power to the Producers
Boston Review, Volume 26, No. 3-4, Summer 2001.

A Prizefighter for Capitalism: Paul Krugman vs. the Quebec Protestors
The Editors (John Bellamy Foster, Harry Magdoff, Paul M. Sweezy, and Robert W. McChesney), Monthly Review, Vol. 53, No. 2 (June 2001), pp. 1-5.

Das Internet und die Medienriesen
Das Argument, 42 Jahrgang Heft 5/6 2001, pp. 687-700.

The New Economy: Myth and Reality
The Editors (John Bellamy Foster, Harry Magdoff, Paul M. Sweezy, and Robert W. McChesney), Monthly Review, Vol. 52, No. 11 (April 2001). pp. 1-15.

Global Media, Neoliberalism, and Imperialism
Monthly Review, Vol. 52, No. 10 (March 2001), pp. 1-19.

The Nader Campaign and the Future of US Left Electoral Politics
The Editors (John Bellamy Foster, Harry Magdoff, Paul M. Sweezy, and Robert W. McChesney), Monthly Review, Vol. 52, No. 9 (February 2001), pp. 1-22.

Journalism, Democracy, ... and Class Struggle
Monthly Review, Vol. 52, No. 6 (November 2000), pp. 1-15. Also available in Norwegian here.

Social Security, the Stock Market, and the Elections
The Editors (John Bellamy Foster, Harry Magdoff, Paul M. Sweezy, and Robert W. McChesney), Monthly Review, Vol. 52, No. 5 (October 2000), pp. 1-13.

Socialism: A Time to Retreat?
The Editors (John Bellamy Foster, Harry Magdoff, Paul M. Sweezy, and Robert W. McChesney), Monthly Review, Vol. 52, No. 4 (September 2000), pp. 1-7.

Introduction: Toward a New Internationalism
The Editors (John Bellamy Foster, Harry Magdoff, Paul M. Sweezy, and Robert W. McChesney), Monthly Review, Vol. 52, No. 3 (July-August 2000), pp. 1-11.

Graham Spry and the Future of Public Broadcasting
Canadian Journal of Communication, Vol. 24, 1999, pp. 25-47.

Noam Chomsky and the Struggle Against Neoliberalism
Monthly Review, Vol. 50, No. 11 (April 1999), pp. 40-47.

Media Politics and the U.S. Left
Monthly Review, Vol. 50, No. 9 (February 1999), pp. 32-41.

The Political Economy of Global Media
Media and Development, Vol. 45, No. 4, 1998, pp. 3-8.

Making Media Democratic
Boston Review, Vol. 23, No. 3-4 (Summer 1998): pp. 4-10, 20.

The Internet and U.S. Communication Policy-making in Historical and Critical Perspective
Journal of Communication, Vol. 46, No. 1 (Winter 1996): pp. 98-124.

The Political Economy of the Mass Media: An Interview with Edward S. Herman
Monthly Review, Vol. 40, No. 8, January 1989. (also here).

 

MAGAZINE & NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

Robert McChesney’s ‘Theses on Media Deregulation’,” Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom website, July 2002.

On the Verge in Vermont: Media Reform Movement Nears Critical Mass
John Nichols & Robert W. McChesney, Extra!, July-August 2002, pp. 26-27.

It’s a Wrap? Why Media Matters to Democracy.” openDemocracy.net. 9 May 2002.

Turning the Tide: It’s Time to Fight the Enronization of the Media
John Nichols & Robert W. McChesney, In These Times, 15 April 2002, pp. 16-17.

’High Noon’ Independent Media Summit
The Public I (Champaign-Urbana, Ill.), Vol. 2, No. 2 (March 2002): p. 1.

Only One Source for News Hurts All
John Nichols & Robert W. McChesney, The Capital Times, 26 February 2002.

A Stealth Attack on Freedom of the Press
Robert W. McChesney & Mark Crispin Miller, The Nation Online, 21 February 2002.

Why We Need In These Times
In These Times, 18 February 2002, pp. 12-15.

McChesney Defends FAIR
AlterNet.org, 5 February 2002.

The Making of a Movement
Robert W. McChesney & John Nichols, The Nation, 7 January 2002, pp. 11-17.

Media Corporations Versus Democracy: A Response to Benjamin Compaine
OpenDemocracy.net, 14 November 2001.

The Stealth Attack on the Freedom of the Press
The Public I (Champaign-Urbana, Ill.), Vol. 1, No. 4, November 2001, p. 1.

Notes from the Editors
Monthly Review, Vol. 53, No. 7, December 2001.

Policing the Thinkable
OpenDemocracy.net, 25 October 2001.

The News Media’s Moment of Truth
The Public I (Champaign-Urbana, Ill.), Vol. 1, No. 3, October 2001, pp. 4, 8.

Breakthrough Books: Media Studies
Lingua Franca, November 2001.

Robert W. McChesney: Media Too Influenced By Their Owners
The Capital Times (Madison, Wis.), 20 Sepetmber 2001.

Three Strikes and You’re Out
Silicon Alley Reporter, issue 45, June 2001, p. 26. (also here)

Kennard, the Public, and the FCC
The Nation, 14 May 2001, pp. 17-20.

Is Corruption an Art or a Science?
Silicon Alley Reporter, issue 43, April 2001, p. 21.

Farewell to Radio
Silicon Alley Reporter, issue 42, March 2001, p. 24.

Pacifica -- A Way Out
The Nation, 12 February 2001, pp. 5-6.

Media Giants have a Pal at the FCC
Newsday, 25 January 2001, pp. A41, A44.
Platform for Media Reform
Robert W. McChesney & John Nichols, MEDIAFile, Volume 20, No. 1, January / February 2001.

U.S. wouldn't tolerate our election in Nicaragua
The Capital Times (Madison, Wis.), 16-17 December, 2000, p. 11A.

Control the News and You Control the Views
The Independent, 20 November 2000.

Gore should drop out, get on Nader bandwagon
The Capital Times (Madison, Wis.), 26 October 2000, p. 13A.

Nader is the Choice
Isthmus (Madison, Wis.), 1-7 September 2000, pp. 10-11. (also here)

Why I'm Voting for Ralph...
In These Times, 21 August 2000, pp. 10-12.

Antitrust and the Media — I
The Nation, 22 May 2000, pp. 4-5.

UI Prof: Grad Unions benefit Higher Education
The Organizer, April-May 2000.

The Titanic Sails Again: Why the Internet Won't Sink the Media Giants
Extra!, March-April 2000, pp. 10-15.

AOL-Time Warner Deal is Bad News for Us
Op-ed distributed over Progressive Media Project, 12 January 2000. Published in the Philadelphia Inquirer, San Diego Union Leader, and numerous other U.S. daily newspapers.

The New Global Media: It's a Small World of Big Conglomerates
The Nation, 29 November 1999, pp. 11-15.

Oligopoly: The Big Media Game Has Fewer and Fewer Players
The Progressive, November 1999, pp. 1, 20-24.

From Pacifica to the Atlantic
The Nation, 11 October 1999, p. 9.

Monopoly Game: Why America is sick of media mergers
Mark Crispin Miller & Robert W. McChesney, The New Republic, 4 October 1999, pp. 14-17.

Will the Internet Set Us Free?
The Texas Observer, 17 September 1999, p. 28.

Venstresida og media - i USA.
(Norway) 1999.

Blame the System
Mother Jones, December 1998, pp. 12-13.

Dan Schiller's Digital Capitalism
Lingua Franca, July/August 1998, p. 17.

Springtime for Goebbels
Z Magazine, December 1997, pp. 16-18.

The Global Media Giants: The Nine Firms that Dominate the World
Extra!, November-December, Vol. 10, No. 6, 1997, pp. 11-18.

Digital Highway Robbery
The Nation, Vol. 264, No. 15, 21 April 1997, pp. 22-24.

America, I Do Mind Dying: Public Broadcasting in Troubled Times
Current, Vol. 14, No. 14 (14 August 1995): pp. 16-17, 19.

 




 


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