查尔斯·埃德温·贝克(C. Edwin Baker,1947- )是美国宾州大学Nicholas F. Gallicchio讲座教授,专精宪法、传播法、大众传媒法。除本书外,另著有Human Liberty and Freedom of Speech(Oxford 1989),Advertising and a Democratic Press(Princeton 1994),Media Concentration and Democracy:Why Ownership Matters(Cambridge 2007)等书。