Radical Mass Media Criticism: A Cultural Genealogy

"In the beginning was the press, and then the world appeared." —Karl Kraus

Since the beginning of the media age, there have been thinkers who have reacted against the increasing power of the mass media and perceived its ever more pervasive role in historical development. This book examines those early mass media critics, and their controversial writings, and links them with their contemporaries to demonstrate the relevance of their legacy for today's debates on media power and media ethics.

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