At Indianapolis' First Alternative Media Festival in 2002, author and media critic, Dr. Robert W. McChesney, Research Professor in the Institute of Communications at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, spoke on the history of media in the US, and the current anti-democratic effect that corporate media consolidation has on the country.

Indianapolis' Alternative Media Festival Listen to Dr. Robert W. McChesney's speech on media and democracy. (Click here to view in separate window with full RealMedia Player controls)

• Global Media: The New Missionaries of Corporate Capitalism,
• Corporate Media and the Threat to Democracy ,
• Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times , and
• It's the Media, Stupid

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