This chapter studies situations where media sources deliberately deviate from truthful reporting in order to manipulate electoral outcomes. Media capture occurs when the government actively attempts to influence the media industry. We instead speak of media power when news organizations engage...

Technological innovations in content delivery, such as the advent of broadcast television or of the Internet, threaten local newspapers’ ability to bundle their original local content with third-party content such as wire national news. We examine how the entry of television – with its...

Preface / Robert W. McChesney -- Introduction -- Financial capitalism and financialization -- Finance and information -- Financialization in the world's top media conglomerates -- Risks of media financialization for journalism