Hailed as “important” (Truthdig) and praised for its “excellent insight” (Patricia J. Williams, The Nation), Digital Disconnect skewers the assumption that a society drenched in information in a digital age is inherently a democratic one. A prescient examination of the relationship between the Internet and the economy—one that has become even more relevant since its publication...(展开全部)

罗伯特·W.迈切斯尼（Robert W. McChesney）是美国伊利诺伊大学香槟分校传播学系教授，在媒体研究领域多有著述，包括《美国新闻业的生与死》（The Death and Life of American Journalism）、《媒体问题》（The Problem of the Media）、《传播革命》（Communication Revolution）、《媒体政治经济学》（The Political Economy of Media），以及获奖著作《富媒体，穷民主》（Rich Media, Poor Democracy）。