Culture, Inc.: The Corporate Takeover of Public Expression
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Book Overview
Most Americans take for granted that they live in an open society with a free market of ideas. But as Herbert Schiller reveals in Culture, Inc., the corporate arm has reached into every corner of daily life, and from the shopping mall to the art gallery, big-business influence has brought about some frightening changes in American culture. Examining the effects of fifty years worth of corporate growth on American culture, Schiller argues that corporate control over such arenas of culture as museums, theaters, performing arts centers, and public broadcasting stations has resulted in a broad manipulation of consciousness as well as an insidious form of censorship. A disturbing but enlightening picture of corporate America, Culture, Inc. exposes the agenda and methods of the corporate cultural takeover, reveals the growing threat to free access to information at home and abroad, shows how independent channels of expression have been greatly restricted, and explains how the few keep managing to benefit from the many.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0195067835
ISBN13:9780195067835
Release Date:May 1991
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:208 Pages
Weight:0.44 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.7" x 8.6"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Great book, more and more true.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
This is an important warning about the corporatization of culture. More and more true as the days go on.
outstanding
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
oustanding and concise account of how america and amercian corporations are peeling away freedom and free expression creating "an illusion of freedom". i re-read parts of this book on a weekly basis.
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