Moyers & Company Big Media's Power Play /
In 1983, 50 corporations controlled a majority of American media. Now that number is six. And Big Media may get even bigger, due to the FCC's consideration of ending a rule preventing companies from owning a newspaper and radio and TV stations in the same big city. Such a move would give these...
| Other Authors: | Moyers, Bill D., Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase., Public Affairs Television (Firm). |
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Infobase,
[2013], c2012.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (1 video file (28 min.)) : sd., col. |
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Table of Contents:
- U.S. Media Oligopoly (0:59)
- Fighting for Information Freedom (2:39)
- Introducing Bernie Sanders (0:40)
- Decreasing Sources of Information (2:26)
- Bringing Backroom Politics to Light (2:57)
- Big Media's Negative Effect on Democracy (0:49)
- Information Freedom Eclipses Cost-Effectiveness (1:18)
- Keeping the American Public Ignorant (1:13)
- Internet and Big Media (0:56)
- Corporate Media Serves Wealthy Interests (1:45)
- Uneven Coverage of the Fiscal Cliff Debate (1:43)
- Increasing Medicare's Efficiency (1:00)
- Danger of Media Oligopoly (1:06)
- Preserving American Democracy (2:05)
- Credits: Moyers & Company: Big Media's Power Play (1:48)