Raymond Williams - Television, pt. 1

Barry and Mike begin their discussion of Raymond Williams’ 1974 book, Television.  Their discussion revolves around the question of the place and purpose of media as a social process. The crux of the debate revolves around the question: Is television a solution looking for a problem, or is it, rather, the form that contains both? As a part of this, naturally, they go back to “their dear friend” Marshall McLuhan, who functions as a useful foil in teasing out the threads of possible insights. 

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