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The form of media used for discourse dictates what kind of content can be generated by it. E.g. Smoke signals are insufficiently complex to do philosophy.

Most [news presenters] spend more time with their hairdryers than their scripts...
Although the federal communications act makes no mention of it, those without camera appeal are excluded from addressing the public about what is called "the news of the day".
Mar 05, 2023 05:05AM
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

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Television is at its most trivial, and therefore most dangerous when its aspirations are high. When it presents itself as a carrier of important cultural conversations.
Mar 05, 2023 05:09AM
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business


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