Mass Media In A Mass Society

Richard Hoggart, famous for his writings on literature, education, and the means of communication, has written a new work in which he looks at the ways in which mass communications in the twenty-first century both encourage and hinder greater understanding of the modern world. Hoggart takes a number [...]
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Richard Hoggart, famous for his writings on literature, education, and the means of communication, has written a new work in which he looks at the ways in which mass communications in the twenty-first century both encourage and hinder greater understanding of the modern world. Hoggart takes a number of aspects of mass society today--celebrity worship, youth culture, broadcasting, and a decline in the proper use of language--and considers the paradox that the ready accessibility of information of all types does not automatically lead to greater comprehension of our world. 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 broadcasters who believe that the overwhelming function of television today is to entertain.