Background
Bagdikian, Ben Haig was born on January 30, 1920 in Marash, Turkey. Son of Aram Theodore and Daisy (Uvezian) Bagdikian. came to the United States, 1920, naturalized, 1926.
("The Effete Conspiracy: And other Crimes by the Press" is...)
"The Effete Conspiracy: And other Crimes by the Press" is a compilation of essays about the mistakes and problems of the press. As the author, Ben Bagdikian, a media critic and an assistant managing editor of the Washington Post makes very clear, the newspapers of this country are overwhelmingly Republican and conservative. A highly readable and pungent analysis of the real problems of secrecy, monopoly and manipulation confronting the media in a fast-changing world.
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(When the first edition of The Media Monopoly was publishe...)
When the first edition of The Media Monopoly was published in 1983, critics called Ben Bagdikian's warnings about the chilling effects of corporate ownership and mass advertising on the nation's news "alarmist." Since then, the number of corporations controlling most of America's daily newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations, book publishers, and movie companies has dwindled from fifty to ten to five. The most respected critique of modern mass media ever issued is now published in a completely updated and revised twentieth anniversary edition. 'Ben Bagdikian has written the first great media book of the twenty-first century. The New Media Monopoly will provide a roadmap to understanding how we got here and where we need to go to make matters better.' -Robert McChesney, author of Rich Media, Poor Democracy
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This sixth edition of the classic work on control of the modern media describes the digital revolution and reveals startling details of a new communications cartel within the United States. "An eye-opening attack on the growing concentration of major media." -Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune
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journalist emeritus university educator
Bagdikian, Ben Haig was born on January 30, 1920 in Marash, Turkey. Son of Aram Theodore and Daisy (Uvezian) Bagdikian. came to the United States, 1920, naturalized, 1926.
AB, Clark University, 1941. Doctor of Letters, Clark University, 1963. Doctor of Humane Letters, Brown University, 1961.
Doctor of Humane Letters, University Rhode Island, 1992.
Reporter Springfield (Massachusetts) Morning Union, 1941-1942. Associate editor Periodical House, Incorporated, New York York City, 1946. Successively reporter, foreign correspondent, chief Washington correspondent Providence Journal, 1947-1962.
Contributing editor Saturday Evening Post, 1963-1967. Project director study of future United States news media Rand Corporation, 1967-1969. Assistant managing editor for national news Washington Post, 1970-1971, assistant managing editor, ombudsman, 1971-1972.
National correspondent Columbia Journalism Review, 1972-1974. Professor Graduate School Journalism University California, Berkeley, 1976-1990, dean, Graduate School Journalism, 1985-1988, professor emeritus, Graduate School Journalism, since 1990. Keynote speaker Council Europe Ministerial Conference on Mass Media Policy, Kiev, Ukraine, 2005.
(When the first edition of The Media Monopoly was publishe...)
(This sixth edition of the classic work on control of the ...)
("The Effete Conspiracy: And other Crimes by the Press" is...)
Member steering committee National Prison Project, 1974-1982. Trustee Clark University, 1964-1976. Board directors National Capital Area Civil Liberties Union, 1964-1966, Committee to Protect Journalists, 1981-1988, Data Center, Oakland, California, 1990-1997.
President Lowell Mellett Fund for Free an Responsible Press, 1965-1976. Academy advisory board National Citizens Committee for Broadcasting, since 1978. Judge Ten Most Censored Stories, 1976-1998.
Member American Civil Liberties Union, Bancroft Library. University California at Berkley.
Married Elizabeth Ogasapian, October 2, 1942 (divorced 1972). Children: Christopher Ben, Frederick Haig. Married Betty L. Medsger, 1973 (divorced).
Married Marlene Griffith, 1983.