Once upon a time there were mass media, and they were wicked, of course, and there was a guilty party. Then there were the virtuous voices that accused the criminals. And Art (ah, what luck! ) offered alternatives, for those who were not prisoners to the mass media. Well, it's all over. We have to start again from the beginning, asking one another what's going on. Umberto Eco
About This Quote

This quote is referring to the rise of new media like television and the internet. The original quote was first published in 1964 by J. D. Salinger in his novel "The Catcher in the Rye".

The novel follows its main character, Holden Caulfield, as he goes on an anti-media rant that exemplifies many of the themes of the book. The media of the 1960s was widely considered corrupt, but post-modernism has caused some to believe that it is far more complicated than this. Holden's anti-media rant is typical of the 1960s, where people were often upset about all of the different things they saw on television or read about in newspapers.

Source: Travels In Hyperreality

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