Television only intensified pre-existing privatization and image permeation

Evidence

Television, one might well say, is a big exception. But surely its widespread use has primarily intensified trends towards privatization - the isolation of the household which is the main focus of life outside work - and the permeation of social existence by images which were already operative, as the writings of Horkheimer and Adorno in the 1940s make amply clear. — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism, 556

Categorization

• XREF: Grounds the argument in Horkheimer and Adorno’s earlier critique, showing continuity rather than break — reinforcing the Marxist continuity thesis. — connects to: Privatization, not the Bill of Rights, caused censorship’s decline — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 647; Broadcast advertising first breached the boundary between public and private space — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 326; Television’s attention capture drove 1950s conformity without state enforcement — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 457

Broader Connections

• Privatization, not the Bill of Rights, caused censorship’s decline #expands (0.85) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 647