{"id":1899,"date":"2005-10-25T10:58:26","date_gmt":"2005-10-25T17:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2005\/10\/25\/average-citizens-are-cut-out-of-the-marketplace-of-ideas\/"},"modified":"2005-10-25T10:58:26","modified_gmt":"2005-10-25T17:58:26","slug":"average-citizens-are-cut-out-of-the-marketplace-of-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=1899","title":{"rendered":"Average Citizens Are Cut Out of The Marketplace of Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From a speech by Al Gore<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Radio, the internet, movies, telephones, and other media all now vie for our attention – but it is television that still completely dominates the flow of information in modern America….<\/p>\n

Soon after television established its dominance over print, young people who realized they were being shut out of the dialogue of democracy came up with a new form of expression in an effort to join the national conversation: the “demonstration.” This new form of expression, which began in the 1960s, was essentially a poor quality theatrical production designed to capture the attention of the television cameras long enough to hold up a sign with a few printed words to convey, however plaintively, a message to the American people. Even this outlet is now rarely an avenue for expression on national television.<\/p>\n

So, unlike the marketplace of ideas that emerged in the wake of the printing press, there is virtually no exchange of ideas at all in television’s domain.[…]<\/p>\n

It is important to note that the absence of a two-way conversation in American television also means that there is no “meritocracy of ideas” on television. To the extent that there is a “marketplace” of any kind for ideas on television, it is a rigged market, an oligopoly, with imposing barriers to entry that exclude the average citizen. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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