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To what extent and for whom does media technology serve as a source of social power?
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To what extent and for whom does media technology serve as a source of social power? Media technology, television, radio and the printing press. Almost everyone in the industrialised world is subject to exposure to at least one of these forms of media, whether it be a newspaper, or a television or radio broadcast. So who controls these media? In the UK all forms of media were or are subject to some form of government control, either direct or indirect. Before 1836 the printing press had a heavy duty imposed on its purchase (about £200), allowing only those wealthy enough to publish a newspaper. The government also subsidised newspapers by buying column space. Newspapers were only available to the upper and middle classes. "Persons exercising the power of the free press should be men of power and property" (lord Castlereagh). 1831 saw the extension of voting rights and in 1836 the government...
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