· 2021
Information inequality
- 98citations
- 2021year
Short summary
Herbert Schiller argues that privatization and the corporate economy are inflicting 'data deprivation' on democratic institutions like schools, libraries, and media.
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Key points
- Privatization and the corporate economy are central to information inequality.
- Democratic institutions such as schools, libraries, and media are negatively affected.
- The concept of 'data deprivation' describes the harm inflicted by corporate interests.
- The book offers a critique of the communications industry's impact on society.
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Abstract
Herbert Schiller, long one of America's leading critics of the communications industry, here offers a salvo in the battle over information. In Information Inequality he explains how privatization and the corporate economy directly affect our most highly prized democratic institutions: schools and libraries, media, and political culture. A master media-watcher, Schiller presents a crisp and far-reaching indictment of the "data deprivation" corporate interests are inflicting on the social fabric.
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Field: Library and Information Sciences
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