Ben Bagdikian on Concentration of Ownership in 1987, 2011, and Today

Read this article, from June 1987, on the F.A.I.R. website (F.A.I.R. = Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting).

Also read this article, from October 2011, at the F.A.I.R. website.

Read

Read Chapters 1 and 2 of The New Media Monopoly.

Make notes on both.


Written Assignment: Write 350-500 words on why we should be concerned about the concentration of ownership in the Mass Media.

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