> A second point that I think needs emphasis, is that in a world where
> reading literacy is not universal and where the media is literally owned
> by a few with their own agenda, we would find it very difficult to
> convince anyone but each other of our convictions. To do so, we would
> have to revert to a time a century and more ago when the "workers of the
> world" were almost convinced to unite primarily by the oratory of their
> leaders. This was augmented by night schools, lecture series,
> pamphleteering and rallies. At that time the laboring class had a greater
> interest in their own welfare and destiny than they have today. I fear
> that if reading and writing literacy should go down the TV drain, we
> would all need Ray Harrell's coaching to reach out to the world :-) .
>
Yes, we are more isolated in our nuclear families, but in some ways
more integrated in the media culture. This means that if there is
a move for change, a few channels of platform can do much more than
the orators of the past. The way the changeovers happened in Eastern
Europe should be analysed. The propaganda was afterall at least as
well centralised and controlled as it is in the west.
Eva
> Robert
>
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