Commentary on Kate Horsfield - Busting the Tube
Commentary on Kate Horsfield - Busting the Tube A decade of profound social change propelled by political conflict, inventive action, and ideological opposition The argument was not just about creating new forms for new content, but also about altering the nature of the relationships between readers and literary texts, spectators and spectacles. This alteration of these relationships was predicated on new ways of thinking about the relationships between art (or more generally "representation") and reality. Television was a primary target. In the 1950s, television had a great deal of influence. While the general public was becoming more and more enthralled by its presence, others, in particular intellectuals and media theorists, saw that television served to maintain the status quo while simplifying or removing representations that did not appeal to consumerist demographics. When he referred to television as "a vast wasteland," FCC Chairman Newton R. Minow voiced ...