On Television by Pierre Bourdieu, Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson

112 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy politics sociology informative reflective fast-paced

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"On Television" exposes the invisible mechanisms of manipulation and censorship that determine what appears on the small screen. Bourdieu shows how the ratings game has transformed journalism -- and hence politics -- and even such seemingly remove...

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