Living In The Number One Country: Reflections from a Critic of American Empire - Hardcover

Schiller, Herbert I

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1583220283 ISBN 13: 9781583220283

Publisher: Seven Stories Press,U.S., 2000

Synopsis

Living in the Number One Country is Herbert I. Schiller's chronicle of the symbiotic relationship between post-WWII American Empire and the substance and technology of the communications businesses. Schiller traces how the State has supported corporatized information by pushing their products abroad both through phony pronouncements about "the free-flow of information," and by subsidizing research and development for new technologies. Schiller's refreshing account infuses elements of his own experience; growing up during the Great Depression in New York, as a bureaucrat in the civilian sector of the military occupation forces in Berlin after the war, and as a radical journalist and academic.
This intriguing book argues that the main pillar of today's U.S. economy--the ever-expanding communication sector--is also the most crucial element in keeping a 500-year social system, capitalism, alive. Capitalism's future relies not only on labor exploitation, but also on a steadily entertained, and hence diverted, populace. Therein lies the importance of challenging the overarching institutions of corporate information production.

About this title

Synopsis:

A leading scholar and critic of the communications industry, Schiller (1919-2000) here chronicles how it transformed and propelled the American Empire after World War II. He recounts his experience growing during the Depression in New York, as a bureaucrat in the civilian sector of the military occupation of Berlin, and as a radical journalist and

About the Author:

HERBERT I. SCHILLER, professor emeritus of Communication at the University of California at San Diego, is a leading scholar of the communications industries. His books include Information Inequality: The Deepening Social Crises in America and Culture Inc.: The Corporate Takeover of Public Expression.

About this edition

• Publisher: Seven Stories Press,U.S.
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1583220283
• ISBN 13: 9781583220283
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 202