Living In The Number One Country by Herbert I Schiller

Living In The Number One Country by Herbert I Schiller

Living in the Number One Country is Herbert I. Schiller's chronicle of the symbiotic relationship between post-WI American Empire and the substance and technology of the communications businesses. Schiller traces how the State has supported corporatized information by pushing their products abroad both through phony pronouncements about the free-flow of information, and by subsidizing research and development for new technologies. Schiller's refreshing account infuses elements of his own experience; growing up during the Great Depression in New York, as a bureaucrat in the civilian sector of the military occupation forces in Berlin after the war, and as a radical journalist and academic.
This intriguing book argues that the main pillar of today's U.S. economy--the ever-expanding communication sector--is also the most crucial element in keeping a 500-year social system, capitalism, alive. Capitalism's future relies not only on labor exploitation, but also on a steadily entertained, and hence diverted, populace. Therein lies the importance of challenging the overarching institutions of corporate information production.

George Gerbner is an emeritus professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication. Hamid Mowlana is the president of the International Association of Media Research and a professor of communication at American University.

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ISBN 13	9781583220283
ISBN 10	1583220283
Title	Living In The Number One Country
Author	Herbert I Schiller
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Year published	2000-09-05
Number of pages	202
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