Abstract
We can start with the common view of the media on the left, which is that they are owned by the capitalist class to indoctrinate popular and working-class opinion. This is so often, in effect, true that for many purposes it is not necessary to look further. But once you apply your mind to the whole range of problems of these very different media in this kind of society, you find that you have to make the definitions at almost every point a good deal more precise.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Notes and References
Raymond Williams, The Long Revolution (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1965 ).
Richard Boston (ed.), The Press We Deserve (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1970).
Editor information
Copyright information
© 1979 Carl Gardner, Tariq Ali, Dave Bailey, David Glyn, Gary Herman, Ian Hoare, Claire Johnston, Mandy Merck, Roger Protz, Chris Rawlence, Leon Rosselson, Geoffrey Sheridan, Gillian Skirrow, John Thackara, Raymond Williams
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Williams, R. (1979). The Growth and Role of the Mass Media. In: Gardner, C. (eds) Media, Politics and Culture. Communications and Culture. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16136-2_2
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16136-2_2
Publisher Name: Palgrave, London
Print ISBN: 978-0-333-23589-8
Online ISBN: 978-1-349-16136-2
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies CollectionSocial Sciences (R0)