Word: gitlin
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Many theorists describe the hegemonic influence of modern mass media. Sociologist and cultural critic Todd Gitlin argues that the structure and content of television programs propagate materialist values and political complacency. Historian Stuart Ewen contends that American industry spreads a consumerist ideology through advertising to maintain the authority of the capitalist mode of production...
...take another draft to ignite America's college students against the war, and that, Gitlin says, is a pretty unlikely possibility right...
...think that lesson was learned from Nixon, and other presidents," Gitlin says. "You don't fight a war with a democratic army...
...starters, Gitlin says, today's students might be less eager to protest. While many students in the '60s were willing to be different because their economic futures were secure, today's students must contend with a far less welcoming economy--a factor that will reinforce conservatism...
...difference is the economic climate," Gitlin says. "The economy is contracting...and many students are worrying about whether they'll be doing as well as their parents...