Marxism- ‘the theory of the communists capitalist production therefore develops technologies and the combining together of various processes into a social whole’ source- Marxism and media studies (Mike Wayne 2003)
Gramsci and Hegemony- ‘'Consent must be constantly won and rewon, for people's material social experience constantly reminds them of the disadvantages of subordination and thus poses a threat to the dominant class’. Source- aber.ac.uk/media
Post Modernity-‘ The media are dominating our culture. We live in the information age, not only because of the internet, but because of TV channels, radio-channels, newspapers, magazines and books’ Article by (Andreas Saugstad)
Noam Chomsky-Hegemony-‘ Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media’ Book- Turning the Tide 1985
Noam Chomsky- Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever’
Globalisation-’We cannot wait for governments to do it all. Globalization operates on Internet time. Governments tend to be slow moving by nature, because they have to build political support for every step.” Kofi Annan (thinkexit.com)
Karl Marx- ‘The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas, i.e., the class which is the ruling material force of society, is at the same time its ruling intellectual force’. (Marxism and Culture)
Marshall Mcluhan- ‘ All new media are extensions of some human faculty’ Book- Understanding Media
Liberal Pluralism- ‘ There are multiple independant, sometimes competing sources of authority over our lives’
