Hi everyone,
A Screen-L member recently asked about references dealing with the growth
of large media conglomerates (sorry I didn't keep the original post). Here
are a couple of references I would recommend:
Aufderheide, P., Barnouw, E., Cohen, R. M., Frank, T., Gitlin, T.,
Lieberman, D., Miller, M. C., Roberts, G., Schatz, T. (1997).
Conglomerates and the media. New York: The New Press. (with a chapter on
the film industry)
Bagdikian, B. (1997). The media monopoly (5th ed.). Boston:
Beacon Press (a new edition was just released)
McChesney, R. W. (1997). Corporate media and the threat to
democracy. New York: Seven Stories Press.
Meehan, E. (1991). 'Holy commodity fetish, Batman!': The
political economy of a commercial intertext. In R. E. Pearson & W.
Uricchio (Eds.), The many lives of the Batman: Critical approaches to a
superhero and his media (pp. 47-65). New York: Routledge.
Hope these help!
Matt McAllister
Department of Communication Studies, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0311 USA ph: 540-231-9830 fax: 540-231-9817
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
Department of Communication Studies at Virginia Tech Home Page:
http://www.comm.vt.edu/
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