Mass media in a mass society
Subtitle: myth and reality
By: Richard Hoggart.
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London ; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
Subjects: Mass media -- Social aspects
Description: "The central focus of the book is an examination of broadcasting as the prime disseminator of mass information. Hoggart makes an impassioned argument for Public Service Broadcasting in its truest form, and sees the Public Service ideal as coming increasingly under attack from today's BBC broadcasters who seem to believe that the overwhelming function of television today is to entertain."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes index.