I recommend this book for any course, in any discipline. It is an exemplar of talented craftsmanship and of a man that cares and thinks about every vestige, spoken or silent, of our society. Amazingly, it remains free from nihilistic meandering and actually suggests an alternative model flush with optimism. Even if one disagrees with Kellner's anarchistic bent, one will appreciate the thought, time, and love put into this definitive study of television and democracy. The moral of the story is simple.
Television is neither the panacea nor the destroyer of democracy by itself.
On Man in the Universe . Brave New World Revisted .