Robert W McChesney
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Books (For awards, see "Awards" section)

2004. The Struggle for Democratic Media: The Battle for the Control of U.S. Broadcasting, 1928-1935, second edition of Telecommunications, Mass Media, and Democracy, first published in 1993, with new introduction by the author. New York: Oxford University Press.

2003. Robert W. McChesney & John Bellamy Foster, The Big Picture: Understanding Media Through Political Economy. New York: Monthly Review Press.

2002. Robert W. McChesney & John Nichols, Our Media, Not Theirs: The Democratic Struggle Against Corporate Media. Introductions by Noam Chomsky, Ralph Nader, and Barbara Ehrenreich. New York: Seven Stories Press.

2000. Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times. Paperback edition, with a new preface by the author. New York: The New Press.

TRANSLATIONS: Swedish ( All Makt At Medierna: Eller Ge Folk Vad Folk Vill Ha? Stockholm: Bokforlaget DN. Translation by Hans O. Sjostrum. Foreword by Mikael Lofgren); Chinese (Xinhua Publishing House, Beijing, 2002.)

SELECTED REVIEWS: (see, also, reviews for hardcover edition below)
ACUNS Informational Memorandum, No. 51, Spring, p.4.
Aftonbladet, 2 May 2001,By Mikael Stromberg.  http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/kultur/bokbanken/recension/1,2024,91-7588-392-9,00.html
Blue Ear Forum, 4 December, 2000. By Anthony Rebora. http://www.blueear.com/books/mcchesney_111200.html
Book Sense.com, No. 76, March-April 2001. By Will Peters. http://www.bookweb.org/news/booksense/4244.html
Chicago Reader, February 15, 2002."Useless Information." By Harold Henderson, pp. 12, 14.
Dagens Nyheter (Sweden), 11 May 2001. By Stefan Jonsson.
European Journal of Communication, Vol. 16, No. 1, March 2001. By Ralph Negrine, pp. 110-112.
Goteborgs-Posten (Sweden), 25 April 2001. "Peganrna styr orden." By Lars Aberg.
GT (Sweden), 5 May 2001. "En maste-bok for makthavarna." By Sigurd Gians.
The Green Globe, March 2001. By Van Foreman, pp. 4-5.
Indianapolis Peace & Justice Journal, October-November 2001, p. 6. "Global Media Amidst More than Two Decades of Greed." By George Fish.
New York Review of Books, 16 November, 2000. "Internet Illusions." By James Fallows. http://www.nybooks.com/nyrev/WWWarchdisplay.cgi?20001116028R
Norrlandska Socialdemokraten, 21 June, 2001. "Media I de rikas intresse." By Ake Sviden.
Pirateradio.about.com, 13 June 2000, "Summer Reading." By John Anderson. http://pirateradio.about.com/tvradio/pirateradio/library/weekly/aa061201a.htm
Upsala Nya Tidning (Sweden), 10 May 2001. "Radikala massmediala tankestallare." By Folke Johansson.


2000. John Nichols & Robert W. McChesney, It's the Media, Stupid!., with forewords by Paul Wellstone, Barbara Ehrenreich, and Ralph Nader. New York: Seven Stories Press.

SELECTED REVIEWS:
Austin Chronicle, October 2000. By Lee Nichols. http://www.auschron.com/issues/dispatch/2000-10-27/books_bookshelf2.html
The Capital Times, October 20, 2000. "'Incendiary pamphlet' should fire up reform of media." By Michael Zuzel, p. 7A. http://www.captimes.com/opinion/books/reviews/2000/10/media_stupid_102000.html
Carol's Book Review Corner, By Carol Joyal.. http://www.limitstogrowth.org/WEB-text/BR-media-stupid.html
Indy(Bloomington-Normal, Ill.), 24 April 2002, p. 7. "The Stupid Media," By Anthony DiMaggio.http://indy.pabn.org/archives/110stupi.shtml
Pirateradio.about.com, June 2, 2001. By John Anderson. http://pirateradio.about.com/tvradio/pirateradio/library/weekly/aa020601a.htm
The Progressive, January 2001. p. 35. By David Barsamian.
Seminary Co-op Bookstore Newsletter, 1999. http://www.semcoop.com/categories/cultstudies/article.asp?review=snicholsmedia.txt


1999. Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press.

SELECTED REVIEWS: (see, also, reviews for paperback edition above.)
Amazon.com, February 2000. By Julian Dibbell.
American Dispatches, February 2000, pp. 25-26. "Is Media a Danger to Democracy?" By Robert Parry. http://www.consortiumnews.com/032000a.html
American Journalism. Volume 18, Number 3 (Summer 2001): pp. 111-113. By David R. Spencer.
Baltimore Chronicle, October 6, 1999. "Forget About Suspense Novels; Read This for Terror." By Alice Cherbonnier. (See also: Allegro Web Communications www.charm.net/~marc/chronicle/bkreview_richmedia.html.
Black Collegian Online, November 1999. By Greg Thompson. http://www.black-collegian.com/african/richmedia1199.shtml
Boston Phoenix, September 30-October 6, 1999. "Thinking Big," by Dan Kennedy. http://www.bostonphoenix.com/archive/features/99/09/30/don_t_quote_me.html
Brainstrom, #11, December 20, 1999. "Media Monopoly anche par Internet." By Bernardo Parrella. (www.apogeonline.com/ berny/media.html)
Canadian Journal of Communication, Volume 25, Number 3, Fall 2000. By Mike Gasher. http://www.cjc-online.ca/view_reviews.php3?page=1
The Capital Times (Madison, Wis.), November 26, 1999, p. 17A. "Compelling book makes case for reform," By Dustin Beilke. http://oldsite.captimes.com/books_mcchesney_112699.htm
Chicago Life, December 1999, p. 66. By Julie Johnson.
Choice, September 2000, Vol. 38, No.s. By J. A. Lent.
Columbia Journalism Review, November-December 1999, p. 78. By James Boylan.
Communication Booknotes Quarterly, Winter 2000, Vol. 31, No. 1, p. 57. By Christopher Sterling.
Critical Studies in Mass Communication, March 2000, pp. 118-119. "Is it Capitalism VERSUS Democracy?" By Franklyn S. Haiman.
Denver Rocky Mountain News, November 7, 1999 & InsideDenver.com, November 7, 1999. "Media aren't leftist enough, says one critic from the left," p. 2B. By Linda Seebach.
Dollars & Sense, April 2000. By Ken Rapoza.
Electronic Media, October 4, 1999, p. 20. "Does Rich Equal Better? New Book Questions Media Future." By Diane Mermigas.
Foreign Policy Watchdog, September 1999. By James Barrett. http://www.execpc.com/~forpolcy/Richmedi.html
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (and nationally syndicated), October 31, 1999. "Some mauling of the media; Monolithic and misbehaving? Yes, but there's still hope." By Molly Ivins.
Freedom Forum Online, December 28, 1999. By Paul McMasters.http://www.freedomforum.org/first/1999/12/28ombud.asp
Future Survey, Vol. 21, no. 12, December 1999, p. 4.
H-Net Reviews, January 2001. By Donna Halper. http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=16685993052517
Illinois Times, February 24-March 1, 2000, p. 13. "Tongue tied in America." By Sheila Nopper.
In These Times, October 31, 1999, p. 3. "Take Back the Fourth Estate," by Beth Schulman.
Industry Standard, February 21, 2000. "Free? Or Just Free to Choose?" By John Fraim. http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,10629,00.html
International Socialist Review (U.K.), August-September 2000. By Deepa Kumar.
International Socialist Review (U.S.A), October-November 2000, p. 70. By Deepa Lal.
IPS, November 2, 1999. "The Corporate Media: 1, Global Democracy: 0." By Kenneth Rapoza.
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Vol. 77, No. 1, Spring 2000, pp. 205-206. By Joseph P. Bernt.
Kairos/USA Newsletter, December 1999, p. 4. By Joan Ebert.
Los Angeles Times Book Review, 25 June 2000. "Rich Media, Poor Democracy." By Russ Baker.
Media Ethics, Spring 2001, pp. 36-39. By, "JMK"
Nature, Society and Thought, 1999. Vol. 12, No. 2. By Sarah Fletcher Luther.
Nieman Reports, Vol. 54, No. 2, Summer 2000, pp. 67-68. "'Journalism and Democracy Are Names for the Same Thing." By James W. Carey.
The Onion, Vol. 35, No. 45, December 9-15, 1999, p. 30. By Joshua Klein. http://www.theonionavclub.com/reviews/words/words_r/richmediapoordemocracyco01.html
People's Weekly World, October 23, 1999, p. 13. By Tim Wheeler. http://www.cpusa.org/ideology/Documents/%20Mass%20Media-TWheeler.htm
Political Communication Report, Spring 2000. "Some Mauling of the Media." By Molly Ivins.
The Progressive, January 2000, p. 38. By Susan J. Douglas.
Public Citizen News, November-December 1999, p. 15. By Ralph Nader.
Rethinking Schools, Winter 1999/2000, pp. 19-20. "Of Mickey Mouse and Monopolies." By Stan Karp. http://www.rethinkingschools.org/Archives/14_02/medi142.htm
The Reviewer , November 28, 1999. "Pick of the Week." By Subir Ghosh. www.jaalmag.com/thereviewer/28111999p.htm
San Francisco Chronicle, December 19, 1999. "Democracy Loses When Celebrity Dominates the News." By Derrick Jensen.
Salon.com, November 22, 1999. By Dustin Beilke. http://www.salon.com/books/review/1999/11/22/mcchesney/index.html
San Diego Union-Tribune, March 2, 2000, p. B-11. By Bob Fellmeth.
Sentient Times, December/January 1999/2000, pp. 14-15. "Rich Media, Poor Democracy." By Greg Thompson. http://www.sentienttimes.com/99/12december/rich.htm
Spectrum, Volume 10, Number 1, November 1999. By David Hedderwick. http://www.spectrum.net.nz/fopbsite/issues/vol10no1/bookreview.shtml
Texas Observer, September 17, 1999, pp. 26-29. By Robert Jensen. http://www.texasobserver.org/Archives/990917_thinking_democracy.html
Tucson Weekly, December 28, 2000-January 3, 2001. By Susan Zakin. "Amateur Night: Corporate Media is Partying Like It's 1984." http://desert.net/tw/2000-12-28/zakin.html
Washington Monthly, October 1999, pp. 40-42. "Blaming the Messenger." By Gregg Easterbrook. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/books/1999/9910.easterbrook.media.html
Willamette Week, November 8, 2000, p. 9. By Richard Meeker.

1997. Edward S. Herman & Robert W. McChesney, The Global Media: The New Missionaries of Corporate Capitalism. London and Washington: Cassell. (Published in India by Madhyam Books (of Delhi) in 1998;

TRANSLATIONS: Korean (Nanam Publishing House, 1999); Spanish (Ediciones Catedra, 1999); Chinese (2001).

SELECTED REVIEWS:
Aftonbladet (Sweden), July 14, 1997. "Framtidens journalist -- en borsnisse," By Tor Wennerberg.
Biblio: A Review of Books (New Delhi, India), July-August 1998, pp. 28-29. "Will you step into my world wide web?" By Kiran Karnik.
Biblio: A Review of Books (New Delhi, India), July-August 1998, p. 29. By Satish Jacob.
Censored 98, edited by Peter Phillips (New York: Seven Stories Press, 1998), pp. 177-180. By Robert McNamara.
Collages & Bricolages, 1998. By Kenneth Rapoza.
Comparative Education Review, Vol. 43, No. 3, August 1999, pp. 378-380. By Michelle Spinella.
Dagens Nyheter (Sweden), 1997. By Goran Greider.
European Journal of Communication. Vol. 13, No. 2 (1998): pp. 235-244. "Unfinished Business," By John Tomlinson.
Extra!, November/December 1997, Vol. 10, No. 6, p. 2. "The Owners' Agendas," By Jim Naureckas.
Financial Times, July 5-6, 1997, FT Weekend section, p. III. "A voyage to the planet of the idiots," By Joe Rogaly.
Foreign Policy, Summer 1998, pp. 132-143. By Anil Dharkar.
Gemini News Service, London-based news service for over 100 newspapers in 80 nations, December 1997. By Daya Thussu. I-D (United Kingdom), December 1997, p. 52.
The Indian Express (Delhi, India), 4 October 1998. "America, Incorporated," By Kaveree Bamzai.
International Review of Law, Computers & Technology, 1998. By Mike Feintuck.
Journal of International Communication, Vol. 5, No. 1 & 2. By Dwayne Winseck.
Journal of the International Studies Association, pp. 138-143. "Mass Media, New Communication Technology, and the Prospects for Democracy Internationally," By Deepa Kumar.
Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, Vol. 53, No. 2 (Summer 1998): pp. 92-93. By Jim Scotton.
Madhyamam Weekly (Kerala, India, in Malayalam, a South Indian language), 18 December 1998. By N. M. Hussain.
Mass Communication & Society, Winter/Spring 1998, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2, pp. 99-101. By Hanno Hardt.
Memoire De Trame (France), 25 September 1997, No. 240.
Monthly Review, March 1998, pp. 50-54. "Horror Show, Inc.," By Douglas Dowd.
Multinational Monitor, July/August 1997, p. 45. http://www.essential.org/monitor/hyper/mm0797.11.html
Public Citizen News, Vol. 19, No. 2, March/April 1999, p. 15. "Media Cartel," By Ralph Nader.
The Progressive, September 1997, pp. 42-44. "The Grip of Murdoch and Time Warner," By Amitabh Pal. http://www.smallbytes.net/~bobkat/herman.html
Transnational Broadcasting Studies, No. 3, Fall 1999, By Amos Owen Thomas. http://www.tbsjournal.com/Departments3/Book_Reviews/review1/review1.html
Warpeace, 2001, By Kevin Sanders. http://www.warpeace.org/globalmedia.html


1997. Corporate Media and the Threat to Democracy. Open Media Series, No. 1. New York: Seven Stories Press.

TRANSLATIONS: Indonesian; Turkish; Spanish; Yugoslav.
SELECTED REVIEWS:
City Pages (Wausau), August 8-14, 1997, p. 22. "Lone Detractor," By Dustin Beilke.
The Cleveland Free Times, Vol. 6, No. 10, Nov. 26- Dec. 2, 1997. "Crass Communications," By Roldo Bartimole.
In These Times, April 14-27, 1997, pp. 12-13. "Appeal to Reason," By Joel Bleifuss.
NAMAC Newsletter, 1997. By Helen De Michiel. http://www.igc.apc.org/namac/website.html
Peace Review, 1997. By Nancy Snow.
The State of Media Education, 1998. By Rob Williams.


1993. Telecommunications, Mass Media, and Democracy: The Battle for the Control of U.S. Broadcasting, l928-l935. New York: Oxford University Press.

SELECTED REVIEWS:
Adbusters Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Summer 1994): p. 25. By Jordan Reeves.
Against the Current, No. 42 (September/October 1994): pp. 19-22. By Richard Campbell.
The American Historical Review, Vol. 99, No. 4 (October 1994): p. 410. By Bruce J. Evensen. See also The American Historical Review, Vol. 100, No. 4 (October 1995), review of Susan Smulyan's Selling Radio by Richard B. Kielbowicz, p. 1319.
American Journalism, Vol. 11, No. 4 (Fall 1994): pp. 375-376. By Patricia Bradley.
Antenna, Vol. 6, No. 1 (November 1993): p. 8.
Business History, April 1995, pp. 164-165. By Geoffrey Tweedale. Business History Review, 1996, Vol. 4.
The Capital Times, 29 April 1994, p. 7A. By Neil Heinen.
Classic Books on the Internet, #3, 1997. By Jack Solock.
Communication Booknotes, Vol. 24, No. 5 (October 1993): p. 114. By Christopher Sterling.
Critical Studies in Mass Communication, Vol. 11 (1994): pp. 399-400. By Patricia Aufderheide.
Extra!, Vol. 7, No. 3 (July/August 1994): p. 25. By Laurien Alexandre. http://www.fair.org/extra/9407/radio-days.html
Grey City Journal, 3 June 1994, pp. 10-11. By Jim McNeill.
Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television, Vol. 14, No. 2 (1994): pp. 225-226. By Donald R. Browne.
History of Education Quarterly, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Fall 1994): pp. 383-384. By David W. Noble.
InterNIC News, June 1997. By Jack Solock. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/addserv/toolkit/enduser/archive/1997/euc-9706.html
In These Times, 13 June 1994, pp. 32-33. By Patricia Aufderheide.
Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, Vol. 38, No. 2 (Spring 1994): pp. 241-242. By Louise M. Benjamin.
Journal of Communication, Vol. 44, No. 3 (Summer 1994): pp. 137-139. By Patricia Aufderheide.
Journal of Radio Studies, No. 3 (1995-1996): pp. 220-221. By W.A. Kelly Huff.
Journalism History, Vol. 20, No. 1 (Spring 1994): p. 39. By Mary Alice Molgard.
Journalism Quarterly, Vol. 73, No. 1 (Spring 1996): pp. 272-273. By Beth Haller.
Liberty, Vol. 9, No. 2 (November 1995): pp. 61-63. By Jesse Walker.
"Media Beat,", May 1994. Nationally syndicated column in 20 U.S. newspapers. Including The Seattle Times, Arizona Republic, Cleveland Plain Dealer. By Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon. Reprinted in Jeff Cohen & Norman Solomon, Through the Media Looking Glass (Monroe, Maine: Common Courage Press, 1995): pp. 24-26.
Media Future, Vol. 1, No. 1 (September-October 1993). By Bart Preecs.
Monthly Review, Vol. 46, No. 5 (October 1994): pp. 56-61. By Edward S. Herman.
National Lawyers Guild Committee on Democratic Communications Newsletter, No. 95-1 (July 1995): p. 7. By Matthew Morbello.
The New Citizen, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Winter 1994): pp. 1, 9-11. By Wally Bowen. http://home.c2i.net/kanilsen/usmedia.html
On the Line, Vol. 1, No. 3 (October 1993): pp. 1, 4. By Wally Bowen. http://home.c2i.net/kanilsen/usmedia.html
The Progressive, August 1994, pp. 41-43. By Wally Bowen. http://home.c2i.net/kanilsen/usmedia.html
Radio Resistor's Bulletin, March 1994, #6. By Wally Bowen. http://home.c2i.net/kanilsen/usmedia.html
The Stranger, December 1997. By Clark Humphrey. http://www.miscmedia.com/mediaboox.html
SubText, 1995. By Jesse Drew. http://www.utexas.edu/students/subtex/.web/volume1/issue8/drew2.html
Teachers College Record, Vol. 97 (Fall 1995): pp. 149-151. By Jim Cullen.
Technology & Culture, December 1994. By James Schwoch.
Telecommunication Policy. By William Drake.
Wisconsin Magazine of History, Vol. 78, No.1 (Autumn 1994): pp. 61-62. By Elliott Shore.
Wisconsin State Journal, 14 November 1993, p. F3. By Hayward Allen.

Edited Books

2003. Robert W. McChesney & Ben Scott, editors. Freedom of the Press is for Those Who Own One: Radical Democratic Criticism of U.S. Journalism from the Progressive Era to the Present. New York: The New Press.

1998. Robert W. McChesney, Ellen Meiksins Wood & John Bellamy Foster editors, Capitalism and the Information Age: The Political Economy of the Global Communication Revolution. New York: Monthly Review Press.

SELECTED REVIEWS:
Choice, November 1998. By Michael Perelman.
Contemporary Sociology. Independent Publisher, September-October 1998, p. 46. By William D. Bushnell.
European Journal of Communication, Vol. 15, No. 1 (2000). By Edward A. Comor.
Informatief (Belgium), September 1998, p. 5.
International Studies Review (Fall 1999). By Deepa Kumar.
iX (Germany), no, 4, 1999. By Rainer Fischbach.
Monthly Review, Vol. 50, No. 7 (December 1998), pp. 55-58. By Ben H. Bagdikian. http://www.infosoc.co.uk/reviews/00104br1.htm
Progress in Human Geography, Vol. 23, No. 4 (2000). By James Cornford.
Today's Books, 3 August 1998, p. A3.
WorldViews, July-September 1998, pp. 5-6.


1993. William Solomon & Robert W. McChesney, eds., Ruthless Criticism: New Perspectives in U.S. Communication History. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.

SELECTED REVIEWS:
Academic Library Book Review, December 1993, p. 18.
American Journalism, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Winter 1994): pp. 91-92. By James Boylan.
Communication Abstracts, Vol. 16, No. 6 (December 1993).
Journal of American History, Vol. 81, No. 2 (September 1994): pp. 627-628. By Richard B. Kielbowicz.
Journalism Educator, Vol. 49, No. 2 (Summer 1994): p. 89. By David Abrahamson.
Journalism History, Vol. 19, No. 3 (Autumn 1993): p. 102. By John D. Stevens.
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Vol. 72, No. 2 (Summer 1995): p. 482. By William McKeen.


Books: Research in Progress

The Internet and Monopoly Capital. Research in progress. (With John Bellamy Foster.)

Media, Politics, and Social Change: U.S. Broadcast Regulation in Turbulent Times, 1935-1953. Research in progress.

The Dawn of Global Media: The United States and International Broadcasting, 1927-1953. Research completed.

Globalization and Communication. Research in progress. (With Vivek Chibber.)

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