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This essay discusses how television has been used to influence democracy and how it has been a tool for the powerful to control the masses. It traces the history of television broadcasting and how it has evolved into a powerful tool for the state and business. Kellner evaluates the contradictory influence of television, which has clearly served the interests of the powerful, but has also dramatized conflicts within society and has on occasion led to valuable social criticism.
In this pathbreaking study, Douglas Kellner offers the most systematic, critically informed political and institutional study of television yet published in the United States. Focusing on the relationship among television, the state, and business, he traces the history of television broadcasting, emphasizing its socioeconomic impact and its growing political power. Throughout, Kellner evaluates the contradictory influence of television, a medium that has clearly served the interests of the powerful, but has also dramatized conflicts within society and has on occasion led to valuable social criticism. LONG DESCRIPTION BEGINS HERE
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