Rodney BensonRodney Benson is professor of media, culture, and communication and affiliated faculty in sociology at New York University. He is the author of Shaping Immigration News: A French-American Comparison, coauthor of Public Media and Political Independenc, and coeditor of Bourdieu and the Journalistic Field. His theorizing and research on news media ownership, funding, and audiences have appeared in NiemanLab, Le Monde Diplomatique, the Conversation, and leading social scientific journals. Read More Read Less