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Restoring Trust in The Limits of the The Political Economy
Higher Education Digital Revolution of Electricity

Making the Investment How Mass Media Progressive Capitalism
Worthwhile Again Culture Endures in a and the Struggle to Build a
Social Media World Sustainable Power Sector
ANEIL K. MISHRA, PHD, EDITOR
DEREK HRYNYSHYN MARK COOPER

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Leaders from both private and public
institutions provide a 360-degree view of A thoughtful, original, “ Thought-provoking and
the challenges and opportunities facing “ provocative, thorough, and exhaustively researched. . . .
higher education—and offer a manifesto entirely up-to-date examination This book is a ‘must-read’
for restoring relevance and respect. of the great media revolution. . . . for those thinking deeply

FEATURES Required reading. ” about how to enable such a
transition.
• Applies the research-based and field- —Robert W. McChesney, Gutgsell ”
tested ROCC of Trust© model as a Endowed Professor in the Department —Jonathan Koomey, PhD, Lecturer
means for providers and consumers of Communication at the University of in Earth Systems in the School of Earth,
to evaluate how an educational Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Energy & Environmental Sciences at
institution is addressing key issues January 5, 2017 Stanford University, January 18, 2017
regarding the relevance of earning a This academic analysis explores social Providing critical insights that
degree
media, specifically examining its influence will interest readers ranging from
• Shares expert opinions on how to on the cultural, political, and economic economists to environmentalists,
make higher education worthwhile, policymakers, and politicians, this book
both developmentally and financially organization of our society and the role
capitalism plays within its domain. analyzes the economics and technology
• Develops a call to action showing trends involved in the dilemma of
how institutions of higher education FEATURES
can rebuild the trust they have lost • Explores the use of blogs, Facebook, decarbonization and addresses why
because of skyrocketing tuition and Twitter in revolutionary political aggressive policy is required in a
costs, declining graduation rates, action and the effects of “viral” capitalist political economy to create a
and persistent underemployment of campaigns on political culture sea change away from fossil fuels.
recent grads

DEREK HRYNYSHYN teaches in the MARK COOPER is Senior Fellow for
ANEIL K. MISHRA, PhD, is the Thomas Department of Communication Studies Economic Analysis at the Institute for
D. Arthur Distinguished Professor of at York University, in Toronto, Canada. Energy and the Environment at Vermont
Leadership at East Carolina University’s He holds a doctorate in political theory. Law School.
College of Business.
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