2003. "China, Global Capitalism, Political Democracy and the Global Media System: A Political Economic Perspective," Paper presented at the Conference on "Transnational Media Corporations and National Media Systems: China after Entry into the World Trade Organisation," sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio, Italy, May.
2002. "Media Coverage of the Prospective War in Iraq," Presentation to Teach-In on the War, sponsored by Teachers for Peace and Justice, Champaign-Urbana, Ill., 13 November.
2002. "Globalization, Media Concentration, and the Future of Democracy," Paper presented at Conference on Globalization, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, Cal., 30 October.
2002. "The Emerging U.S. Media Reform Movement," Presentation to panel on Building Bridges: Social Movements and Democratic Media Reform, Media Education Summit, founding convention of Action Coalition for Media Education, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October.
2002. "A Call to Action: The Three Big Lies of the Media Status Quo," Plenary address to Media Education Summit, founding convention of Action Coalition for Media Education, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October.
2002. "Tribute to Edward S. Herman," presentation to Edwrad S. Herman upon receipt of the Dallas Smythe Award, Union for Democratic Communication Annual Meeting, Penn State University, State College, Penn., 19 October.
2002. "The Problem of Journalism for a Democratic Society," presentation to Illinois State High School Press Association Fall Conference, sponsored by the University of Illinois Department of Journalism, Urbana, Ill., 4 October.
2002. "Communication and Class Struggle," Presentation to conference on Democratic Media and Organizing in Uncertain Times, sponsored by Labor's Voices, Labor Tech, New York, New York, 26 September.
2002. "The Odd Couple of Today's Newsroom: Profits and Public Service," presentation to conference on "The Independent Family Newspaper in America: Its Future and Relevance," sponsored by the University of Illinois Department of Journalism, Champaign, Ill., 9 September.
2002. "The Case for Media Reform in the United States." Address to congressional forum on corporate control of the media, sponsored by U.S. Rep. Bernie Sanders (Ind., Ver.), U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., 11 July. http://www.commondreams.org/views02/0712-05.htm
2002. "The Future of the Political Economy of the Media." Keynote Address to Conference on "Capitalism and Communication in the 21st Century," in honor of Nicholas Garnham, University of Westminster, London, England, 15 June.
2002. "Our Media, Not Theirs: The Democratic Struggle Against Corporate Media." Keynote Address, Making Media Connections Conference, annual meeting of the Community Media Workshop, Chicago, Ill., 6 June.
2002. "The Burgeoning U.S. Media Reform Movement." Presentation to Annual Meeting of RadFest, Lake Geneva, Wis., May.
2002. "The Political Economy of Communication." Keynote Address to annual Red River Student Communication Conference, North Dakota State University, Fargo, N.D., 18 April.
2002. "The Illinois Initiative on Global Information and Communication Policy," Reporting on Africa Conference, Sponsored by the Center for African Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 8 March.
2002. "Global Media and the Neoliberal Project," Reporting on Africa Conference, Sponsored by the Center for African Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 8 March.
2002. "Rethinking the State and Private Sector in Global Media Debates." Keynote address to Symposium on "Non-State Actors and Human Rights: Looking Beyond the State But Not Ignoring It," University Seminar on Human Rights, Columbia University, New York, N.Y., 22 February.
2002. "Independent Media and Democracy." Keynote Address to Annual Meeting, Public Access of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Ind., 31 January. http://www.indyaccess.org/festival.htm
2002. "Media Politics and Organizing for Democratic Social Change." Address to Annual National Conference on Organized Resistance, American University, Washington, D.C., 26 January.
2001. "The Propaganda of Empire." Paper presented to conference on "The First Casualty of War is the Truth." sponsored by the Independent Press Association, Chicago, Ill., 27 November
2001. "Media and Global Politics." Keynote Address to Annual Beans and Rice Dinner, Milwaukee Pledge of Resistance, Milwaukee, Wis., 28 September.
2001. "Extra! Extra! Developing Strategies for Working with the Press." Columbia Support Network Annual National Conference, Madison, Wis., 2 June.
2001. "We're the Media Experts, Stupid!" Presentation at RadFest conference, Lake Geneva, Wis., 18 May.
2001. "Liberal freedom, Neoliberal Economics, and Corporate Journalism." Panel presentation to Annual Conference of Nordic Freelance Journalists, Stockholm, Sweden, 11 May.
2001. "Corporate Journalism and the Decline of Democracy." Keynote address to Annual Conference of Nordic Freelance Journalists, Stockholm, Sweden, 11 May.
2001. "Commercial Speech, Conservatism, and the University Tradition." Presentation to Conference on Academic Freedom: Rights and Responsibilities, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 22 February.
2001. "The Global Media System and Neoliberal Democracy." Presentation to Annual Conference of the International Studies Association, Chicago, Ill., 23 February.
2001. "A Crisis for Journalism and Democracy," Keynote address to conference on "TV News: Serving the 'Public Interest, Convenience & Necessity'?" sponsored by the DuPont-Columbia Forum 2001, Columbia University, New York, N.Y., 17 January.
2001. "Sit Down, Shut Up, and Shop: Welcome to the Golden Age of Propaganda." Presentation to Conference on "Rethinking Public Media in a Transnational Era," sponsored by the Center for Media, Culture, and History, New York University, New York, N.Y., 12January.
2000. "Corporatisation of the Media." News World Global Summit, international conference sponsored by the BBC and other broadcasting organizations, Barcelona, Catalonia, 17 November. http://www.baquia.com/com/20001127/art00009.html
2000. "Political Economy of the Media and Information Industries in a Globalized World." Presentation to Conference on "The global public arena, the media and the information society," sponsored by UNESCO, Santiago de Compestella, Spain, 16 November.
2000. "Media Reform and Democratic Politics in the Post-Neoliberal Era." Presentation to conference "Rich Media - Poor Democracy? Konzernze, Kommerz, Konzentration -- Wo bleibt die Medienpolitik?" sponsored by the Heinrich Boll Stiftung, Berlin, Germany, 13 November.
2000. "Challenges for Democratic Media," Keynote Address to Conference On Media, Democracy & The Constitution, sponsored by the Fund for Constitutional Government, National Press Club, Washington, D.C., 27 September .
2000. "Corporate Concentration and Hyper-Commercialization of Media: A Poison Pill for Democracy." Address to "While We Were Sleeping...The Takeover of our Rights" conference, sponsored by Chicago Media Watch, Chicago, Ill., 9 September.
2000. "The Media and Democracy: A Conversation with Charlie Rose." Presentation to Third Annual Rising Tide Summit Conference, co-hosted by Charlie Rose and Jason McCabe Calacanis, Tarrytown, New York, 28 June.
2000. "Media Reform and Democratic Renewal." Plenary Address to 152nd Annual General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association, Nashville, Tenn., 25 June.
2000. "Public Broadcasting: Past, Present ... and Future?" Presentation to Conference on Public Broadcasting and the Public Interest, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, 16 June.
2000. "Corporate Media: Plutocracy Over Democracy." ACT V Conference on Community Activism Training, Orono, Maine, 16 June.
2000. "Media Merger Mania." Presentation to Socialist Summer School, sponsored by the International Socialist Organization, Chicago, Ill., 9 June.
2000. "The Future of Television Journalism." Address to Cologne Conference on Media, Cologne, Germany, 5 June.
2000. "The Global Media System and Europe." Keynote address to Cologne Conference on Media, Cologne, Germany, 5 June.
2000. "Media, Corporate Power, and Democracy." Presentation to annual meeting of RadFest, Wisconsin Dells, Wisc., May.
2000. "Media Reform and Progressive Politics." Presentation to Conference titled "Rewind and fast Forward: What We Have Done and What We Need to Do," sponsored by the Madison Institute, Madison, Wisc., 29 April.
2000. "Global Media and Globalization." Presentation to Conference on Economic Globalization and the Devastating Impact of the IMF and World Bank, Sponsored by the International Forum on Globalization, Washington, DC, 14 April. - http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/ifg041400RM.html
2000. "The Culture of the Global Capitalist Media System." Presentation to 2000 Socialist Scholars Conference, New York, N.Y., 1 April.
1999. "U.S. Media Activism in the Late 1990s: Will This Growth Industry Pay Any Dividends?" Presentation to international meeting of the Union for Democratic Communications, Eugene, Oregon, October.
1999. "The Emerging Global Anti-Neoliberal Democratic Media Reform Movement." Presentation to international meeting of the Union for Democratic Communications, Eugene, Oregon, October.
1999. John Bellamy Foster & Robert W. McChesney, "Marxism and Communication: Some Preliminary Observations." Presentation to international meeting of the Union for Democratic Communications, Eugene, Oregon, October.
1999. "Notions of the Public Interest in U.S. Commercial Broadcasting." Presentation to to annual meeting of the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association, Milwaukee, Wis., 22 September.
1999. "Herbert I. Schiller and Communication Research: Political Commitment and Intellectual Integrity Across the Decades." Presentation of Professional Freedom and Responsibility Award to Herbert I. Schiller, sponsored by Mass Communication Bibiographers and Qualitative Studies Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, August.
1999. "Advertising, Public Relations, and Democracy." Presentation to panel sponsored by Qualitative Studies Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, August.
1999. "The U.S. Left and Media Politics." Presentation to annual meeting of RadFest, Wisconsin Dells, Wisc., 22 May.
1999. "Media and Intellectuals in the 21st Century." Presentation to conference on "knowing Mass Culture / Mediating Knowledge, sponsored by the Center for Twentieth Century Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 28 April.
1999. "Advertising and the Much Ballyhooed Marketplace of Ideas." Address to Annual Meeting for Presentation of 1999 Schmio Awards, New York, New York, 27 April.
1999. "Media and Democracy: Beyond the Mythology." Keynote presentation to annual American Studies conference, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 9 April.
1999. "Privatization and Commercialization: The Case of Media." Presentation to meeting of the Progressive Roundtable, Madison, Wisc., March.
1998. "The Future of Public Service Media in the United States." Presentation to Digital Television and the Public Spectrum: What Does the Public Think Public Interest Obligations Should Be?, conference sponsored by the Civil Rights Forum on Communications Policy, 10 November.
1998. "So Much for the Magic of Technologies and Free Markets: The World Wide Web and the Corporate Media System." Conference on The World Wide Web and Contemporary Cultural Theory: Metaphor, Magic, and Power, sponsored by Drake University Center for the Humanities, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, November.
1998. "Students, Apathy, and Political Activism." Presentation to Conference on Culture, Education, and Media: Vital Solutions, sponsored by the New Mexico Media Alliance, Albuquerque, N.M., 22 October.
1998. "Media, Democracy, and Activism." Keynote presentation to Conference on Culture, Education, and Media: Vital Solutions, sponsored by the New Mexico Media Alliance, Albuquerque, N.M., 22 October.
1998. "Comments on Digital Television and the Telecommunications Act of 1996." Presentation to Conference on Culture, Education, and Media: Vital Solutions, sponsored by the New Mexico Media Alliance, Albuquerque, N.M., 22 October.
1998. "Media Reform and Left Politics." Presentation to Conference on the Future of the American Left, sponsored by the Institute for Public Affairs, Chicago. Ill., October 7-9.
1998. "Rich Media, Poor Democracy: The Paradox of These Times." Presentation to Conference on Culture, Graz, Austria, 3 October.
1998. "The Media Crisis." Plenary Address to annual convention, Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice, Middleton, Wis., 26 September.
1998. "The Media Cartel and Democracy." Plenary Address to 150th Annual General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association, Rochester, N.Y., 27 June.
1998. "The Global Media System and the Decline of Democracy." Presentation to Plenary panel, bi-annual Nordic Television Conference, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, 65 June.
1998. "The Internet, Journalism, and Democracy." Presentation to Research Forum, bi-annual Nordic Television Conference, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, 65 June.
1998. "Corporate Concentration: A Threat to the Right to Communicate?" Presentation to "Institutional Approaches" session, Virtual Conference on "The Right to Communicate and the Communication of Rights, sponsored by Videazimut, May. http://commposite.uqam.ca/videaz/docs/romcen.html
1998. "Corporate Media and the Decline of Democracy." Keynote address to Unmasking the Media Monster: A Conference on Media and Democracy, sponsored by the Institute for Global Education, Grand Rapids, Mich., 25 April.
1998. "American TV Culture: Is This the Media We Deserve?" Presentation to Unmasking the Media Monster: A Conference on Media and Democracy, sponsored by the Institute for Global Education, Grand Rapids, Mich., 25 April.
1998. "Corporate Media and the Commercial Carpetbombing of America's Children." Presentation to Unmasking the Media Monster: A Conference on Media and Democracy, sponsored by the Institute for Global Education, Grand Rapids, Mich., 25 April.
1998. "The Problem of Concentrated Commercial Media Markets for Minorities and for Democracy." Presentation to Hearing on Public Access to the Media and Telecommunications: A Democratic Imperative, sponsored by the National Rainbow Coalition, Chicago, Ill., 16 March.
1998. "Corporate Media and the Decline of Democracy," Presentation to 1998 Democracy Teach-In, sponsored by the UW-Madison Alliance for Democracy, Madison, Wis., 4 March.
1998. "The Problems with Corporate Concentration in the Media." Presentation to Conference on Antitrust in the Media, sponsored by the Cultural Environment Movement, Philadelphia, Pa., 24 January.
1997. "The First Amendment, Corporate Power and Democracy." Presentation to conference on The 1996 Telecommunications Act and the First Amendment, sponsored by Chicago Media Watch, 13 December.
1997. "Global Media and Human Rights." Presentation to conference on The Human Costs of Economic Sanctions, sponsored by Madison chapter, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Madison, Wis., 14 November.
1997. "Corporate Commercial Media and Popular Culture." Presentation to Mass Media and Popular Culture conference, sponsored by National Telemedia Council, Madison, Wis., 14 November.
1997. "The Political Economy of U.S. Radio Broadcasting in the Late 1990s." Plenary presentation to the annual Loyola Radio Conference, Chicago, Il., 7 November.
1997. "Labor and the Working Class in the U.S. Media." Presentation to session on "The Media, Labor and Labor's Media," 8th Annual Midwest Radical Scholars & Activists Conference, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL, 24 October.
1997. "Introduction to NPR and Pacifica." Presentation to the "Politics of Public Radio" session, 2nd Media and Democracy Congress, New York, N.Y., 18 October.
1997. "International Media Activism." Presentation to the 2nd Media and Democracy Congress, New York, N.Y., 18 October.
1997. "Corporate Concentration of the Media and Ideological Diversity." Presentation to the "Cultural Environment Movement" session, 2nd Media and Democracy Congress, New York, N.Y., 18 October.
1997. "The Role of Independent Magazines in the National Conversation." Presentation to panel sponsored by the Independent Press Association, 2nd Media and Democracy Congress, New York, N.Y., 15 October.
1997. "The People's Communication Charter: A Response." Paper presented to Democratizing Global Communication conference, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wis., September.
1997. "Political Economy and Globalization." Presentation to special panel on "How to Think About Globalization," 1997 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference, Chicago, Ill., August.
1997. "The Freedom Forum and Communication Research." Presentation to special session on funding of communication research, 1997 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference, Chicago, Ill., August.
1997. "Communication, Education, Activism." Presentation to panel on "Communication, Education, and Activism," 1997 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference, Chicago, Ill., August.
1997. "Corporate Media and the Threat to Democracy." Keynote Address to 1997 Alliance for Community Media National Convention, Milwaukee, Wis., 12 July.
1997. "Big Media and the Shaping of Consciousness and Culture." Presentation to 1997 Alliance for Community Media National Convention, Milwaukee, Wis., 12 July.
1997. "The Role for Independent Public Media in the United States Today." Presentation to Freewave: Free the Public Airwaves conference, sponsored by Independent Media Coalition, Seattle, Wa., 7 June.
1997. "The Commercialization of Eastern European Media." Presentation to special session on media trends, Mass Communication Division, 1997 International Communication Association Annual Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May.
1997. "Global Labor Versus the Global Commercial Media System." Presentation to Mass Communication Division, 1997 International Communication Association Annual Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May.
1997. "The Telecommunications Act: Civil Liberties Concerns." Presentation to conference on Current Issues in Civil Liberties/Civil Rights, sponsored by the Fox Valley Civil Liberties Union, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, Wis., 24 April.
1997. "Fear and Favor in the Newsroom: Who Really Calls the Shots?" Presentation to the Madison chapter, Society of Professional Journalists, 17 April.
1997. "The Commercialization of Sport and the University." Presentation to Special Session on the "Role of Corporations on the UW Campus," of the Students Advisory Board to the Dean of Students, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 11 February.
1997. "The Political Economy of Media: How the System Works, With What Effects, and What Can and Should be Done About It." Presentation to Independent Media Teach-In/Speakout!, Sponsored by the Learning Alliance Paper Tiger TV, and FAIR, New York City, 1 February.
1997. "The Emerging Global Media System and Its Implications for U.S. Media Workers and Activists." Presentation to Meeting of the Media and Democracy Congress Coordinating Committee, New York City, 31 January.
1997. "Corporate Power and the Media." Presentation to Conference on "Corporate Power, Citizen Power: Striking a Balance," Sponsored by Madison Institute and Madison Campus Ministry, Madison, WI, 11 January.
1996. "Copyright and the Corporate Domination of Global Communication." Presentation to Symposium on "Copyright: Thruway or Toll Road on the Information Superhighway," Sponsored by University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School and General Library System, Madison, WI, 22 November.
1996. "Can U.S. Radio Journalism Possibly Get Any Worse?" Presentation to session on "Problems of Radio Journalism in the 1990s," Loyola Radio Conference, Loyola University, Chicago, IL, 8 November.
1996. "The Global Media Oligopoly and the Internet: Friends or Foes?" Presentation to Second Annual National Media Literacy Conference, University of California at Los Angeles, October.
1996. "The Global Media Market and the Assault on Democracy." Presentation to "What's Left" Critical Communications in the Belly of the Corporate Beast," Union for Democratic Communications Annual Meeting, Chicago, Ill., October.
1996. "The Cultural Environment Movement, the Media and Democracy Congress, and the Course of U.S. Media Activism." Presentation to "What's Left" Critical Communications in the Belly of the Corporate Beast," Union for Democratic Communications Annual Meeting, Chicago, Ill., October.
1996. "What Political Activists Must Know About the Structure of the U.S. Media Industry." Presentation to Workshop on Media Skills and Strategies, sponsored by Wisconsin Community Fund and Labor Strategies, Inc., Madison, WI, 14 September.
1996. "The Second Time as Farce? Lessons from the History of Broadcasting for the Development of the Internet and Cyberspace." Paper submitted to INET '96, The Internet: Transforming Our Society Now, 6th Annual Conference of the Internet Society, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 26 June.
1996. "Markets and Competition: Democracy's Road or Plutocracy's Carriage?" Address to Up for Grabs: Communications Practice & Policy in the Public Interest Conference, sponsored by the Benton Foundation and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C., 10 June.
1996. "The Communication Revolution and the Assault on Democracy." Keynote Address to 1996 Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Material Annual Meeting, New York, New York, 5 June.
1996. "The Internet, The Information Highway, and the Future of Democracy." Mass Communication Division, 1996 International Communication Association Annual Conference, Chicago, Ill., May.
1996. "The News Media and the 1996 Presidential Elections." Presentation to Wisconsin Communication Association, Oshkosh, WI, May 1996.
1996. "Civic Journalism: Treating Cancer with a Bandaid." Special Conference on Civic Journalism, sponsored by the Madison chapter, Society of Professional Journalists, 18 April.
1996. "Communication for the Hell of it: The Triviality of U.S. Broadcasting History." 1996 Organization of American Historians National Convention, Chicago, Ill., 30 March.
1996. "The Long View: The Cultural Environment Movement in Historical Perspective." Keynote Address to Founding Convention, Cultural Environment Movement, Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri, 15 March.
1996. "Some Thoughts on the Issue of International Broadcast Standards." Presentation to 1996 International Broadcast Standards Summit, Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri, 15 March.
1996. "Telecommunications and Access: Implications of the Emerging Order." 1996 Media and Democracy Congress, San Francisco, Cal., 1 March.
1996. "The Battle for Democratic Radio and Communication: Historical Lessons for the Contemporary Struggle." Keynote Address to Radio Affinity Group, 1996 Media and Democracy Congress, San Francisco, Cal., 29 February.
1995. "Can Cultural Studies Be Rescued from Postmodernism and Identity Politics?" 1995 "Across Disciplines and Boundaries: Tracking American Cultural Studies" Conference, University of Illinois, November.
1995. "Is This a Business, or What? The Social Responsibility of Telecommunications Providers." Keynote Address to 1995 Canadian Public Interest Advocacy Centre Annual Banquet, Ottawa, Canada, 11 May.
1995. "Why is Communication Study Treated Like the Proverbial Fire Hydrant at the Dog Show at Most U.S. Universities? And What Can and Should We do About It?" 1995 Wisconsin Communication Association Annual Meeting, Wisconsin Dells, Wis., May.
1995. "The Corporate Seizure of U.S. Broadcasting in Comparative Historical Perspective." Presentation to 1994-1995 Multi-faceted Program on "Censorship and Silencing: Practices of Cultural Regulation," sponsored by University of California Humanities Research Institute, the Getty Center for the History of Arts and the Humanities, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, University of California, San Diego, March.
1994. "The World Problem of Broadcasting, 1920-1939." 1994 Congress of the International Economic History Association, Milan, Italy, September.
1994. "On Separate Paths or a Collision Course? The Relationship of Canadian and U.S. Broadcasting, 1925-1936." 1994 Organization of American Historians National Convention, Atlanta, GA, April.
1993. "Empire of the Senseless: The Payne Fund and the Collapse of Educational Broadcasting, 1930-1942." 1993 History of Education Society National Convention, Chicago, IL, October.
1993. "Transatlantic Alliances and Antagonisms: The Relationship of British and U.S. Broadcasting, 1925-1939." 1993 Society for the History of Technology National Convention, Washington, D.C., October.
1993. "The Tragedy of Public Service Broadcasting in the United States: Educators and the Battle for the Control of U.S. Broadcasting, 1928-1935." Mass Communication Division, 1993 International Communication Association National Convention, Washington, D.C., May.
1993. "The Mass Media: Agents of the Status Quo or Engines of Social Reform?" 1993 Wisconsin Communication Association Annual Meeting, Wisconsin Rapids, WI, May.
1992. "Educators, Foundations, and the Battle to Determine the Course of Educational Broadcasting in the United States, 1927-1935." Joint Meeting of the History of Education Society and the International Standing Conference for the History of Education, Cambridge, MA, October.
1992. "The Political Economy of Public Relations: Origins of the Institution and Public Policy." Public Relations Interest Group, 1992 International Communications Association Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, May.
1992. "Progressive Media Watchdog Groups in the 1990s: FAIR and the IMA." 1992 Wisconsin Communication Association Annual Meeting, Green Bay, WI, May.
1992. "The Debate over Public Policy and the Emergence of Commercial Broadcasting in the United States, l928-l934." 1992 Business History Conference Annual Meeting, Pasadena, CA, March.
1991. Andrew Feldman & Robert W. McChesney, "Radio Broadcasting is a Commercial Enterprise: The Debate Over the Social Uses of Technology, l928-l933." l991 Society for the History of Technology National Convention, Madison, WI, October.
1991. "Labor and the Marketplace of Ideas: WCFL and the Battle for Labor Radio Broadcasting, l928-1934." History Division, l991 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication National Convention, Boston, MA, August.
1991. Allen Hunter & Robert W. McChesney, "Developments in Mass Communication and Media Activism in the l990s." Qualitative Studies Division, l991 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication National Convention, Boston, MA, August.
1991. Robert W. McChesney & Allen Hunter, "Progressive Media Activism." 1991 Midwest Radical Scholars Conference, Upham Woods, WI, May.
1991. "Conflict, Not Consensus: The Debate Over Broadcast Communication Policy, l930-l935." l99l Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting, Louisville, KY, April.
1990. "An Unvarnished Free Expression Radical: Alexander Meiklejohn and the Contemporary Debate over the Meaning of the First Amendment and Free Expression." Commission on Freedom of Expression, 1990 Speech Communication Association National Convention, Chicago, IL, November.
1990. "Fighting for the Voice of Labor: Edward Nockels, WCFL, Organized Labor, and the Debate Over Broadcasting, l928-1935." 1990 North American Labor History Conference, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, October.
1990. "The Struggle for Popular Control of the Mass Media in the United States: An Historical Perspective." Conference on "World Information Order: Initiatives for Cultural Autonomy," l990 Union for Democratic Communications Annual Meeting, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, October.
1990. "Putting the Agenda-Makers on the Agenda: Media Politics in the United States in the l990s." International Conference on "Media and Crisis," Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, October.
1990. Andrew Feldman & Robert W. McChesney, "Blows Against the Empire: H. O. Davis, the Ventura Free Press, and the Campaign to Smash Commercial Broadcasting, l930-1934." l990 American Journalism Historians Association National Convention, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, October.
1990. "'An Almost Incredible Absurdity' for a Democracy: The Response of U.S. Intellectuals to the Emergence of Network, Commercial Broadcasting, l930-1935." Qualitative Studies Division, l990 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication National Convention, Minneapolis, MN, August.
1990. "Strange Days Indeed! Louis G. Caldwell, the American Bar Association, and the Debate Over Free Speech in Broadcasting, l928-1939." Law Division, l990 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication National Convention, Minneapolis, MN, August.
1990. "Toward a Reinterpretation of the American Press-Radio War of the 1930s." History Division, l990 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication National Convention, Minneapolis, MN, August.
1990. "Plunging into the 'Black Hole' in U.S. Communications History: The Debate Over the Control and Structure of Broadcasting, l928- l935." Mass Communication Division, 1990 International Communication Association Annual Convention, Dublin, Ireland, June.
1990. "Portrait of a Media Critic as a Media Non-Activist: Robert M. Hutchins and the Debate Over Broadcast Policy in the l930s." History Division, l990 Broadcast Education Association National Convention, Atlanta, GA, March.
1989. "Louis G. Caldwell, The American Bar Association, and the Formulation of Broadcasting Policy, with Particular Reference to Free Expression Issues, l928-l935." Commission on Freedom of Speech, l989 Speech Communication Association National Convention, San Francisco, CA, November.
1989. "Advertising and Ethics: Some Emerging Issues for the l990s." l989 Meeting, Wisconsin chapter, Society of Consumer Affairs Professionals in Business, Madison, WI, November.
1989. "'89 Channels for Capital and One for the Working Man': WCFL, Organized Labor and the Debate Over Radio Policy, l928-l935." l989 American Journalism Historians Association National Convention, Atlanta, GA, October.
1988. "American Broadcasting and the First Amendment: Toward a Demythologized Vision of American Broadcasting History." Commission on Freedom of Speech, l988 Speech Communication Association National Convention, New Orleans, LA, November.
1988. "Media-Made Sport: A History of Sports Journalism." Mass Communication Division, 1988 Speech Communication Association National Convention, New Orleans, LA, November.
1988. "Putting the Agenda-Makers on the Agenda: The Legitimation Crisis of Corporate Media in an Era of Capitalist Stagnation." 1988 Union for Democratic Communications Annual Conference, Ottawa, Canada, May.
1988. "Crusade Against Mammon: Father Harney, WLWL, and the Debate Over Radio in the 1930s." History Division, l988 Broadcast Education Association National Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada, April.
1988. "'Cleveland Wins World's Series': A Very Short History of the Sport-Mass Media Relationship." l988 West Coast Journalism History Conference, Berkeley, CA, February.
1987. "Off-Limits: An Inquiry Into the Lack of Debate Concerning the Ownership, Structure and Control of the Mass Media in American Political Life." Mass Communication Division, l987 Speech Communication Association National Convention, Boston, MA, November.
1987. "The American Civil Liberties Union's Changing Concept of Free Speech for Radio Broadcasting, l926-l945." Commission on Freedom of Speech, l987 Speech Communication Association National Convention, Boston, MA, November.
1987. "The Press-Radio War of the Early l930s: A Revisionist Interpretation." Research in Progress Session, l987 American Journalism Historians Association Annual Meeting, St. Paul, MN, October.
1987. "Enemy of the Status Quo: The National Committee on Education by Radio and the Debate Over the Control and Structure of American Broadcasting in the Early l930s." History Division, l987 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication National Convention, San Antonio, TX, August.
1987. "Free Speech and Democracy: The Debate in the American Legal Community Regarding the Meaning of Free Expression on Radio, l926-l939." Special Research Session on the History of Freedom of Expression, Law and History Divisions, l987 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication National Convention, San Antonio, TX, August.
1987. "'The Press Always Serves the Dominant Interests in Society': An Essay in Honor of Professor William E. Ames and his Influence upon Communications History." Colloquium in Honor of Professor William E. Ames, University of Washington, April.
1987. "Senator C. C. Dill and the Communications Act of l934." History Division, l987 Broadcast Education Association National Convention, Dallas, TX, March.
1987. "The Forest is Burning: Some Reflections on the Scholarship Concerning Political Advertising." Special Conference on "Mass Media and the Individual," l987 Doctoral Honors Seminar, Sponsored by Speech Communication Association, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, March.
1987. "President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Communications Act of l934." l987 West Coast Journalism History Conference, Berkeley, CA, February.
1986. "Sport and Newspapers in the l920s: A Political Economic Interpretation of the Symbiotic Relationship." Special Research Session on Economic History, l986 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication National Convention, Norman, OK, August.
1986. "Sport and the Emerging Mass Media of the l920s; A Political Economic Analysis." l986 Western States Communications Miniconference, The Annenberg School of Communications, Los Angeles, CA, April.