The sudden assertion of human criteria within a dehumanising framework of political manipulation can be like a flash of lightning illuminating a dark landscape
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Daniel C. HallinDaniel C. Hallin is Professor of Communication at the University of California, San Diego, and holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley. He is author of We Keep America on Top of the World: Television Journalism and the Public Sphere (Routledge, 1994). Recent articlesItaly's television, Italy's democracy Silvio Berlusconi’s victory in the Italian general election returned the TV mogul to political power. But the Italian people were not brainwashed by his television stations. Rather, the skills and resources of his corporate machine allowed him to construct the right wing alliance which now dominates Italian politics. |
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