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This book is a sustained leftist critque of communication conglomeration, and the ways in which corporate think limits public expression and public understanding. As a critic of corporate imperialism, Schiller writes on television, media systems, censorship, communication giants, the multinationals and technology.

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Information Inequality presents a telling account of the current shift in the information landscape from a model of social accountability to a more privatized corporate model. This is must reading for information professionals who maintain some sort of professional literacy.... The book provides a concise and poignant 50-year history of cultural and informational institutions in the United States.... All who are concerned about these issues must study this book. <br>- Journal of Governemtn Information <br>

Information Inequality presents a telling account of the current shift in the information landscape from a model of social accountability to a more privatized corporate model. This is must reading for information professionals who maintain some sort of professional literacy.... The book provides a concise and poignant 50-year history of cultural and informational institutions in the United States.... All who are concerned about these issues must study this book. - Journal of Governemtn Information

Information Inequality presents a telling account of the current shift in the information landscape from a model of social accountability to a more privatized corporate model. This is must reading for information professionals who maintain some sort of professional literacy.... The book provides a concise and poignant 50-year history of cultural and informational institutions in the United States.... All who are concerned about these issues must study this book. - Journal of Governemtn Information

""""Information Inequality presents a telling account of the current shift in the information landscape from a model of social accountability to a more privatized corporate model. This is must reading for information professionals who maintain some sort of professional literacy.... The book provides a concise and poignant 50-year history of cultural and informational institutions in the United States.... All who are concerned about these issues must study this book."" -""Journal of Governemtn Information

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Herbert I. Schiller has taught in several universities in the United States and around the world. Currently, he is Visiting Professor at New York University and a member of the graduate faculty of the University of California, San Diego, where he is Professor Emeritus of Communication.

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