Robert W. McChesney

Robert W. McChesney is the Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of some two dozen books on media and political economy, including Digital Disconnect, Communication Revolution, and the award-winning Rich Media, Poor Democracy; a co-author, with John Nichols, of Tragedy and Farce; and a co-editor, with Ben Scott, of Our Unfree Press, and, with Victor Pickard, of Will the Last Reporter Please Turn Out the Lights (all published by The New Press). McChesney and Nichols are also the co-authors of the award-winning Dollarocracy: How the Money and Media Election Complex Is Destroying America. McChesney’s work has been translated into thirty-one languages. He lives in Champaign, Illinois, and Madison, Wisconsin.

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News and Reviews

Democracy Now!

Amy Goodman interviews Robert McChesney on Democracy Now!

The Huffington Post

HuffPost Media blog reviews Digital Disconnect

Counterpunch

Counterpunch reviews Digital Disconnect

Books by Robert W. McChesney

Communication Revolution
Critical Junctures and the Future of Media

Robert W. McChesney

Digital Disconnect
How Capitalism Is Turning the Internet Against Democracy

Robert W. McChesney

Our Unfree Press
100 Years of Radical Media Criticism

Robert W. McChesney, Ben Scott

Rich Media, Poor Democracy
Communication Politics in Dubious Times

Robert W. McChesney

Tragedy and Farce
How the American Media Sell Wars, Spin Elections, and Destroy Democracy

John Nichols, Robert W. McChesney

Will the Last Reporter Please Turn Out the Lights
The Collapse of Journalism and What Can Be Done to Fix It

Robert W. McChesney, Victor Pickard