Recent Publications

This page contains a list of publications from the beginning of 2002 to the present. As such, it is not a complete list. For access to the complete list of publications, please see the CV at left. Publications here are divided into the following categories: book chapters, journal articles and monographs, magazine and newspaper articles, and privately commissioned reports.

Book Chapters (asterisk denotes reprint)

2003. “The Future of the Political Economy of Communication.” In Andrew Calabrese and Colin Sparks, editors, Toward a Political Economy of Culture: Capitalism and Communication in the Twenty-First Century, Rowman and Littlefield.

2003. *Edward S. Herman & Robert W. McChesney, “Media Globalization I: The US Experience and Influence,” in Robert C. Allen and Annette Hill, editors, The Television Studies Reader, Routledge.

2003. Robert W. McChesney & Ben Scott, “Introduction,” to Upton Sinclair, The Brass Check, University of Illinois Press, pp. 9-33. [ Reprint of 1919 book.]

2003. “Rethinking the State and Private Sector in Global Media Debates.” In Peter Juviler and George Zehra, editors, Human Rights and Non-State Actors.

2003. “A Rich Media Democracy.” In Raymond Seidelman, et. al., editors, Debating Democracy, fourth edition. Houghton Mifflin.

2002. “Children and Media Policy.” In Cecilia von Feilitzen and Ulla Carlsson, Children, Media and Globalisation: Yearbook 2002. Stockholm: UNESCO International Clearinghouse on Children and Violence on the Screen and Nordicom.

2002. *Robert W. McChesney & John Nichols, “The Making of a Movement: Getting Serious About Media Reform.” In Bruce Stinebrickner, editor, American Government 02/03, 32nd edition, McGraw Hill Dushkin.

2002. *“The Titanic Sails On: Why the Internet won’t sink the media giants.” In Gail Dines and Jean Humez, editors, Gender, Race and Class in Media, second edition. Sage.

2002. "Whatever Happened to Cultural Studies?" In Mary Vavrus and Catherine Warren, editors. American Cultural Studies. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, pp. 76-93.

2002. *”Nader’s Moment,” In Craig Aaron, editor, Appeal to Reason: 25 Years of In These Times and Beyond. New York: Seven Stories Press, pp. 44-45.

2002. *“Global Media, Neoliberalism, and Imperialism.” In Yin Hong and Li Bin, editors, Globalization and Mass Communication: Conflict, Merge and Interact. Beijing: Tsinghua University Publishing House.

2002. “September 11 and the Structural Limitations of U.S. Journalism.” In Barbie Zelizer and Stuart Allan, editors, Journalism After September 11: When Trauma Shapes the News. London: Routledge. Pp. 91-100.

2002. *“The Titanic Sails On: Why the Internet won’t sink the media giants.” In Gail Dines and Jean Humez, editors, Gender, Race and Class in Media, second edition. Sage.

2002. “Corporate Media, Global Capitalism.” In Simon Cottle, editor, Media Organisation and Production. London: Sage.

2002. “Public Broadcasting: Past, Present … and Future?” In Eric Peterson, Lee Artz, and Michael McCauley, editors, Public Broadcasting and the Public Interest. M.E. Sharpe.

2002. “Strengthen Independent (Nonprofit and Noncommercial) Media.” In Andreas Hernandez, editor, 50 Things You Can Do To Help End Corporate Rule and Strengthen Democracy.

2002. *”Journalism, Democracy … and Class Struggle.” In April Lipinsky, et. al., editors, Shaping Discourses: Readings for University Writers. Boston: Pearson, pp. 335-362.

2002. *“Crusade Against Mammon: Fr. Haney, WLWL, and the Debate over Radio in the 1930s.” In Michele Hilmes, editor, Connections: A Broadcasting History Reader. Wadsworth.

2002. “The Rise and Fall of Professional Journalism.” In Kristina Borjesson, editor, Into the Buzzsaw:Leading Journalists Expose the Myth of the Free Press. Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus, pp. 363-381.

2002. “The Political Economy of International Communications.” In Pradip Thomas and Zaharom Nain, editors, Revisiting Media Ownership: Global Trends and Local Resistance. London: WACC & Southbound.

2002. *”The New Global Media.” In Kimberley B. Massey, editor, Readings in Mass Communication, second edition. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2002. "Introduction." In Craig Aaron, editor, Appeal to Reason: 25 Years of In These Times and Beyond. New York: Seven Stories Press, pp. xix-xxvii.

Journal Articles and Monographs

2003. “Class and Communication: A Few Observations from the Heart of the Classless Society,” Film International.

2003. “Theses on Media Deregulation,” Media, Culture & Society, January.

2002. The Editors (John Bellamy Foster, Harry Magdoff, Paul M. Sweezy, and Robert W. McChesney), “The Imperial Presidency and the Campaign to Invade Iraq.” Monthly Review, Vo. 54, No. 7, December.

2002. “The Place of Politics,” The Boston Review, Summer, pp. 12-13.

2002. Robert W. McChesney & Dan Schiller, “The Political Economy of International Communications: Foundations for the Emerging Global Debate over Media Ownership and Regulation.” 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. Available online.

2002. “Thank the Lord, It’s a War to End All Wars … Or, How I Learned to Suspend Critical Judgment and Love the Bomb.” Cultural Studies <-> Critical Methodologies, Vol. 2, No. 2 (May): pp. 166-168.

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

2002. *“Noam Chomsky and the Struggle Against Neoliberalism,” EDucate! A Quarterly on Education and Development (Pakistan), Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 40-42.

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

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

2002. “The U.S. News Media and World War III.” Journalism: Theory Practice Criticism, Vol. 4, No. 1 (March), pp. 14-21.

2002. “The Zillionth Time as Tragedy.” Television and New Media, Vol. 3, No. 2, May, pp. 133-137.

2002. The Editors (John Bellamy Foster, Harry Magdoff, Paul M. Sweezy, and Robert W. McChesney), “Transition to What?.” Monthly Review, Vo. 53, No. 8, January, pp. 24-28.

Magazine and Newspaper Articles (asterisk denotes reprint)

2002. “Dark Trends in World Media,” WACC Action (London), No. 245, July. Available online.

2002. “Interview with Edward Herman,” Chicago Media Watch Report, Fall, pp. 4-5.

2002. “La Lucha Continua: A Message to Campus Greens,” The Catalyst: The Newsletter of the Campus Greens, Vol. 1, No. 2, Spring-Summer, p. 10.

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

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

2002. “That’s Agribusiness,” The Evergreen Magazine, Vol. 23, No. 2, spring, p. 6.

2002. “La Lucha Continua: Corrupt political system in need of reform,” Madison Insurgent, June, p. 17. Available online.

2002. “Global Media, Journalism, and Neoliberal Democracy,” Ekak Matra (India), summer, Vol. 3. No. 1. (Translated into Bengali.)

2002. "Corporate Owners Control Media," Response (magazine of the United Methodist Women). June, pp. 10-14.

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

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

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

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

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

2002. “Why We Need In These Times,” In These Times, 18 February, pp. 12-15. Available online.

2002. “Don Hazen Redux,” PROMO listserve, 13 February.

2002. “In Defense of Media Criticism and Media Activism: A Reply to Don Hazen’s Attack on FAIR,” PROMO listserve (and several other e-lists), 8 February.

2002. “McChesney Defends FAIR,” AlterNet.org, 5 February. Available online.

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

2002. “Notes from the Editors,” Monthly Review, Vol. 53, No. 8, January.

Privately Commissioned Reports (and reports for government hearings)

2002. “Thoughts on Radio Reform Legislation,” memorandum prepared for Sen. Russell J. Feingold, 18 July.

2002. “Thoughts on the 2004 Presidential Campaign,” memoranda prepared for Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich, July-August.

2002. “Theses on Media Deregulation,” paper prepared for Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom, for case prepared opposing further deregulation of British media, July.

2002. “Control of the Means of Information Distribution,” paper prepared for CRIS working group, in preparation for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), May.

2002. “Media and Democracy,” speech prepared for Rep. Bernie Sanders (Ind., Vermont) to read on the floor of the House of Representatives, February.

2002. Robert W. McChesney & Mark Crispin Miller, “The Stealth Attack on Freedom of the Press,” paper provided to Consumer Federation of America for case it prepared against deregulating media ownership before the Federal Communications Commission, February.