Television Delivers People

Produced in 1973, "Television Delivers People" is a seminal work in the now well-established critique of popular media as an instrument of social control that asserts itself subtly on the populace through "entertainments," for the benefit of those in power-the corporations that mantain and profit from the status quo. Television emerges as little more than a insidious sponsor for the corporate engines of the world.

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  Film & Animation

[InfinityDose]

videos like these are the only thing that make youtube mildly relevant.

[cygnusvideo]

ironically now, the video has an advertisement attached to it

[joeypropeller]

I remember seeing this on Image Union in Chicago back in 1981. It still holds true except for the part about shareholders. Great piece even now.

[InfinityDose]

Learn to form a sentence.

[meago27]

How do you think Richard Serra's ideas about mass media television could apply to YouTube? While television delivers you to advertisers, who does YouTube deliver You to? Are You not also paying for the privilege to sell yourself?

[ep92626]

you missed the point. it's not about the ads that are on tv, it's the actual tv programming. the actual tv shows you watch define what your world is. for example, if everyone on modern family/dancing with the stars was smoking marijuana throughout the episode and acted normally, it would become part of the public consciousness that marijuana is okay. what you perceive defines you, and television decides what you perceive.

[Pokiehl007]

Somehow the cheery music makes this even creepier...

[Vilamon]

Excellent Video! If you're interested in these subjects you may also like the work being done by BEWARE OF IMAGES. It's a feature-length, animated documentary about the history of visual representation. The movie explores the intricate relationship between the technology, regulation and social effects of mass media. Its aim is to serve as an educational and entertaining media literacy tool that can be enjoyed by everyone.

[Willy Montano]

lol

[gordongray6915]

I learned that youtube doesn't permit live sports, television episodes and movies stream however "stream episodes (DOT) net" allows it. I definitely suggest you fellas specially #VIDEOPOSTERID# to go check it out!

Television Delivers People

[Milan Rashevski]

hi, yorishicko! sorry, I was talking about the music of the video. : )

[yorishicko]

it's from Richard Serra