Before revision: History The term narcotizing dysfunction gained popularity from its use in the 1948 article "Mass Communication, Popular Taste, and Organized Social Action", by Paul F. Lazarsfeld and Robert K. Merton.
After revision: History The term narcotizing dysfunction gained popularity from its use in the 1946 article "Mass Communication, Popular Taste, and Organized Social Action", by Paul F. Lazarsfeld and Robert K. Merton.