Savas Çoban is an independent scholar, completing his PhD in the field of Radio-TV Communication. His works include the publications: Azinliklar ve Dil (Su Yayinlari 2005); Hegemonya Araci ve Ideolojik Aygit Olarak Medya (Parsömen Yayinlari 2013); Media's Role in the Socialist Era (Amani International Publishers 2013); Azinliklar, Ötekiler ve Medya (co-edited with Yasemin Inceoglu; Ayrinti Yayinlari 2014), and Medya ve Iktidar (co-edited with Esra Arsan; Evrensel Basim Yayin 2014).

Robert McChesney is the Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of The Political Economy of Media, Communication Revolution, The Problem of the Media, and Rich Media, Poor Democracy.