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Xl mind suggested by some conspiracy theories. Their major functions seem to be to support the system, to uphold conformity, to provide reassurance, and to protect the members of society from excessively disturbing, distracting, or dysfunctional information. The mass media are almost entirely commercial, profitmaking institutions. Their raison d'etre is the promotion of consumerism, and the development of the secure, confident, materialistic society in which consumerism flourishes. The media do not apparently have much effect in telling us what to think, but they are astonishingly effective in limiting the things we shall think about. Finally, the major purpose of this study is to reflect on the bearing of the conclusions so far reached on the character and viability of liberal democratic society. It is easily demonstrated that there is no rigid dichotomy between, on the one hand, the liberal democracies, where freedom of thought is unconstrained, and where all citizens have access to all the information they need for rational participation in governing themselves, and, on the other hand, the totalitarian regimes where governments are absolute and totally unresponsive, and where al

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Author

Terence H. Qualter (auth.)

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan

Published

1985

Language

EN

ISBN

9781349177752

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, Social Science, Sociology