Moyers & Company. Distracted from Democracy
Description
Across the world - Egypt, Greece, Spain, Brazil - citizens are turning angrily to their governments to demand economic fair play and equality. But here in America, with few exceptions, the streets and airwaves remain relatively silent. In a country as rich and powerful as America, why is there so little outcry about the ever-increasing, deliberate divide between the very wealthy and everyone else? In this edition of Moyers & Company, Bill is joined by media scholar Marty Kaplan, who points to a number of forces keeping these issues and affected citizens in the dark - especially our well-fed appetite for media distraction.
Runtime
29 min
Subjects
- Wealth (179)
- Democracy (126)
- Macroeconomics (317)
- Mass media and culture (147)
- Power (Social sciences) (152)
- Political participation (340)
- Economics (3707)
- Social classes (184)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2013], c2013
Database
Films on Demand
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