WELCOME to the website of Robert W. McChesney.
McChesney is the author of eight books on media and politics, professor
of communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
and host of the weekly talk show, Media Matters, on WILL-AM radio.
McChesney also writes widely for both academic and non-academic
publications. He gives talks frequently on issues related to media
and politics in the United States and world today. If you look around
this home page you will find links to many of McChesney's activities,
plus contact information. This website is updated on a regular basis
Current students looking for course syllabi can find them as PDF
files below:
Comm 264 - Economic Structure
of Communication
Comm 468 - The Politicial Economy
of Communication
IN MEMORIAM of Paul Wellstone, please take a
moment to...
READ his introduction to It's the
Media, Stupid, entitled Media & Democracy.
LISTEN to his comments on democacy and
the media (mp3 format).
Now available online: A list
of books featuring chapters or sections written by Bob McChesney,
complete with purchasing links.
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