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Electronic Media Quotes

On broadcasting's power, speed, and public duty.

These electronic media quotes trace how broadcast and digital tools reshaped public discussion, from activists organizing across Europe to a landscape now crowded with blogs. One line notes how quickly electronic media reached mass audiences compared with earlier eras.

There is a line between scurrilous nonsense and serious discussion that laps over, especially in this day and age when you've got all this electronic media and these blogs and this kind of fanatical impulse to bring down the opposing...

Quotes by Robert Dallek

The public owns the airwaves; Congress gave them to broadcasters for free, with the understanding that they would serve the public interest while trying to maximize profit. An aspect of serving the public is to use the immense power of...

Quotes by Reed Hundt

The electronic media introduced this idea to the larger audience very, very quickly. We spent years and years and years meeting with activists all over Europe to lay the groundwork for a political response, as we did here.

Quotes by Jeremy Rifkin

Performance art can involve the audience with taste, smell and sounds not available with electronic media and not practical with conventional theater. This is due to the usually small audience.

Quotes by Jack Bowman

Age Quotes

We have to be very cognizant of the fact that 90 percent of the electronic media in this country is owned, operated, programmed, and controlled by conservatives. They made a concerted effort during and before the Reagan years that they...

Quotes by Ed Schultz

The world is beset by many problems, but in my opinion, this hijacking of our brain's reward centers by electronic media is potentially one of the most destructive.

Quotes by Andrew Weil

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Frequently Asked Questions

What role did electronic media play in activism, according to these quotes?
One quote credits electronic media with spreading political ideas to large audiences quickly, after years of groundwork laid by activists meeting across Europe in person.
Do these quotes criticize blogs and electronic media?
One quote points to a blurred line between scurrilous nonsense and serious discussion, blaming today's media environment of blogs and fanatical commentary for making that line harder to see.
Are broadcasters held to any responsibility in this topic?
Yes, one quote argues broadcasters received public airwaves for free on the understanding they would balance profit with serving the public interest, covered more in our broadcasters quotes.
How does performance art relate to electronic media here?
One quote contrasts the two, noting performance art can involve taste and smell in ways electronic media and even conventional theater cannot replicate for a small live audience.
What time period do these electronic media quotes seem to reference?
They read as reflections from the rise of cable news, blogs, and constant commentary, an era when electronic media rapidly outpaced older, slower forms of public discussion.

A further quote argues broadcasters were given the public airwaves for free on the understanding they'd serve the public interest alongside profit, a duty explored in our broadcasters quotes, alongside performance art's intimate alternative.