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Media Capitalism
Thomas Klikauer
其他書名
Hegemony in the Age of Mass Deception
出版
Springer Nature
, 2022-01-01
主題
Social Science / Media Studies
ISBN
3030879585
9783030879587
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=cWVXEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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This book argues that media and capitalism no longer exist as separated entities, and posits three reasons why one can no longer exist without the other. Firstly, mass media have become indispensable to capitalism due to the media’s ability to sell the commodities of mass consumerism. Media capitalism also creates pro-capital attitudes among a target population and establishes an ideological hegemony. Thirdly, media capitalism provides mass deception to hide the pathologies of capitalism, which include mass poverty, rising inequalities, and the acceleration of global warming. To illuminate this, the book’s historical chapter traces the emergence of media capitalism. Its subsequent chapters show how media capitalism has infiltrated the public sphere, society, schools, universities, the world of work and finally, democracy. The book concludes by outlining how societies can transition from media capitalism to a post-media- capitalist society.