Stuart Hall Views Mass Media in Western, Pluralistic Democracies as a "Public

question 29

Multiple Choice

Stuart Hall views mass media in Western, pluralistic democracies as a "public forum" in which _____.

• A) elites and counterelites struggle to define the social world
• B) social elites stage rituals to win public support for the status quo
• C) a hegemonic ideology is promoted to the exclusion of all else
• D) counterelites enjoy important advantages over elites

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