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The wave of media mergers and takeovers has created a global system of near awesome dimensions. What many people see, hear and read is produced and controlled by a handful of private multinational corporations. Critics, such as Robert McChesney, contend that monopoly control of media threatens the communication needs of democratic societies.
Robert McChesney is professor of communications at the University of Illinois and one of the country's foremost experts on issues of media and democracy. He writes extensively on broadcasting history and media policy. He is co-editor of Ruthless Criticism and author of Telecommunications, Mass Media and Democracy, The Global Media and Rich Media, Poor Democracy.
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