Über das Fernsehen

Pierre Bourdieu's book on television and its impact was itself a television event. The author gave two lectures at the Collège de France on the structure and effects of television, which were broadcast by television. In the first lecture, he highlighted the invisible censorship mechanisms that apply to the screen, thus revealing the secrets of the artistic products of this medium, their images and formulations. In the second lecture, Pierre Bourdieu explained how television, which occupies a central position within journalism, has influenced and changed the character of discourses: in the visual arts, literature, philosophy and politics, and even in jurisdiction and science - in that the logic of audience ratings has also partially encroached on these areas and the demagogic subjugation to d.