Feedback: Television Against Democracy

The book explores the paradox of American television as a privately controlled public medium that fosters passive viewership while masking its antidemocratic nature. It discusses how television creates an illusion of community, undermining genuine social connections due to its centralized corporate structure. David Joselit delves into the tactics employed by artists and media activists in the 1960s and 1970s to challenge and disrupt this closed circuit, using insights from art history to advocate for a more participatory public sphere.