Video Essay: Hunger vs. The Infotainment Telesector
posted 6 months agoIn the 1996 book Jihad vs. McWorld, political science braniac Benjamin Barber coined the term “infotainment telesector” to describe the conglomerates controlling print journalism, television, music, film and advertising. He could have just said, “the media,” but noooo. Infotainment telesector sounds like something from ’50s sci-fi, but its weird, metallic ring is just about right [...]



